Buffer overflow in Evince - CVE-2019-1010006

Vulnerability identifier: #VU19257

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010006

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to a buffer overflow condition in the "backend/tiff/tiff-document.c" when handling PDF files. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and execute arbitrary code or cause a DoS condition on the targeted system.

Evince
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Ubuntu
evince-common (Ubuntu package)
evince (Ubuntu package)
atril (Ubuntu package)
atril-common (Ubuntu package)
libatrildocument3 (Ubuntu package)
evince (Debian package)

Install updated from vendor's website.

evince-common (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.6
evince (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.6
atril (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 1.12.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm1, 1.20.1-2ubuntu2+esm3, 1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2, 1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2, 1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1, 1.26.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.28.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
atril-common (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2, 1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2
libatrildocument3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2, 1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2
evince (Debian package) - addressed in versions 3.22.1-3+deb9u2, 3.30.2-3+deb10u1

• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=788980
• https://bug788980.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=365866

• Buffer ovreflow in GNOME Evince
• OpenSUSE Linux update for evince
• Debian update for evince
• Ubuntu update for atril
• Ubuntu update for atril
• Ubuntu update for evince