Denial of service in Poppler

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU19596

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12293

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 0.70.0 - 0.76.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop_org:poppler:0.76.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop_org:poppler:0.76.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop_org:poppler:0.75.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/768
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00002.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.