CVE-2019-9959
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2019-07-22 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (evince) | ELSA-2020-1074 | 2020-04-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (poppler) | ELSA-2020-1074 | 2020-04-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (poppler) | ELSA-2019-2713 | 2019-09-12 |
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