SB2019052309 - Denial of service in Poppler
Published: May 23, 2019 Updated: August 1, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019052309
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12293)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init() function in JPEG2000Stream.cc via data with inconsistent heights or widths. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.