Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-9545
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 55.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/731
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamreadtextregion-poppler-0-74-0/
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/731
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamreadtextregion-poppler-0-74-0/
Products affected by CVE-2019-9545
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0