What is CVE-2019-17063?

CVE-2019-17063 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snowtide Pdfxstream. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-17063?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17063 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Snowtide Pdfxstream

CVE-2019-17063

In Snowtide PDFxStream before 3.7.1 (for Java), a crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation because of page-tree mishandling.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Snowtide Pdfxstream
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF
ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17063?: CVE-2019-17063 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snowtide Pdfxstream. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-17063?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17063 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.