CVE-2019-9959

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    CVE-2019-9959

    Published: 22 Jul 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109342, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5ZOYOZTGU4RGZW4E63OZ7LW4SMPEWGBV/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6NX2XPMMV7O52F4NBNCHGILGJXM3OJZ/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/blob/master/NEWS, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00024.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    poppler-0.78.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High