CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-9545

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamreadtextregion-poppler-0-74-0/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/731 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-01 07:29

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-9545

Mitre link : CVE-2019-9545

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion