What is CVE-2019-9545?

CVE-2019-9545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-9545?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-9545 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2019-9545

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.74.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9545?: CVE-2019-9545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-9545?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-9545 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.