Out-of-bounds Read in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2019-9631

Poppler 0.74.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the CairoRescaleBox.cc downsample_row_box_filter function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9631?
CVE-2019-9631 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-9631?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-9631 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.