Out-of-bounds read in xpdf - CVE-2019-14292

Vulnerability identifier: #VU19535

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14292

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the GfxPatchMeshShading::parse function in GfxState.cc for typeA!=6 case 1. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.

xpdf
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
libpoppler44
libpoppler44-debuginfo
poppler-tools
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler60
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler60-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-devel
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-cpp0
poppler-debugsource

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

libpoppler44 - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
libpoppler44-debuginfo - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
poppler-tools - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-debugsource - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1

• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41851
• https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/4.01.01

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Xpdf
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler