CVE-2019-9903

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-9903  

Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-03-15 CWE: CWE-400 Bugzilla: 1691724: CVE-2019-9903 poppler: stack consumption in function Dict::find() in Dict.cc PDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

PDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.

Find out more about CVE-2019-9903 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.5
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

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 poppler Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Under investigation