CVE-2019-9543
Published: 1 March 2019
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfseparate binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JArithmeticDecoder::decodeBit.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | as of 2023-09-22, not fixed upstream |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
poppler Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Deferred
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| cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| focal |
Deferred
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| jammy |
Deferred
|
|
| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
|
|
| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
|
|
| mantic |
Deferred
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Deferred
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |