Fedora 31 update for poppler

Published: 2020-02-04 | Updated: 2025-04-25

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-14494
CWE-ID	CWE-369
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system poppler Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU20053

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14494

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to division by zero error when processing untrusted input in the function SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill at SplashOutputDev.cc. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 31

poppler: before 0.73.0-16.fc31

CPE2.3

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-24ded2cd52

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.