NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2019-10873

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU19600

NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2019-10873

Published: August 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19600
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-2019-10873
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 a NULL pointer dreference error in function SplashClip::clipAALine in splash/SplashClip.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-10873

Install update from vendor's website.

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