Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-02-28 CWE: CWE-835 Bugzilla: 1685966: CVE-2019-9545 poppler: recursive function call in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() in JBIG2Stream.cc causing denial of service 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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-9545 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Under investigation |