Out-of-bounds read in Poppler - CVE-2019-12293

 

Out-of-bounds read in Poppler - CVE-2019-12293

Published: August 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19596
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2019-12293
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init() function in JPEG2000Stream.cc via data with inconsistent heights or widths. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-12293

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources