What is CVE-2019-9687?

CVE-2019-9687 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Podofo_project Podofo, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-9687?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Podofo_project Podofo

CVE-2019-9687

PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a heap-based buffer overflow in PdfString::ConvertUTF16toUTF8 in base/PdfString.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th 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

Podofo_project Podofo — versions 0.9.6
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9687?: CVE-2019-9687 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Podofo_project Podofo, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-9687?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.