Out-of-bounds Read in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2019-10871

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice at PSOutputDev.cc.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-10871: held from 0.025 to 0.025.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10871?
CVE-2019-10871 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-10871?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.