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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (78.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.74.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/731 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- research.loginsoft.com/bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamread… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
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.