Out-of-bounds read in Poppler - CVE-2019-10871
Published: August 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19598
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-2019-10871
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
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 the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice in PSOutputDev.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10871
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107862
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/751
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MAWV24KRXTFODLVT46RXI27XIQFX2QR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWS7NVFFCUY3YSTMEKZEJEU6JVUUBKHB/