SB2019081217 - Out-of-bounds write in PDFResurrect
Published: August 12, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019081217
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14934)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value, which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/0c4120fffa3dffe97b95c486a120eded82afe8a6
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/compare/v0.17...v0.18
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DBYXYU2VSDJ3NAL54IW2KYD3TZSR33M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXN6W5QTNQJ2LFDCQWKYSMMZ3NPUWP3U/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y243C2IFMRFQWHV62JCSHTMQGDDCICNF/