Buffer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2019-9543
Published: August 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19602
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-2019-9543
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() function in JBIG2Stream.cc. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9543
Install updates from vendor's website.