NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2019-10873
Published: August 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19600
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-2019-10873
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Poppler
Fedora
poppler
Fedora
poppler
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10873
Install update from vendor's website.
Poppler - update to 0.75.0
poppler - addressed in versions 0.67.0-21.fc29, 0.73.0-13.fc30
poppler - addressed in versions 0.67.0-21.fc29, 0.73.0-13.fc30