Stack Consumption Vulnerability in Poppler PDF Library Affecting Multiple Distributions
CVE-2019-9903

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Freedesktop

Status
Poppler
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 March 2019
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What is CVE-2019-9903?

A vulnerability exists in the Poppler PDF processing library version 0.74.0, where the function PDFDoc::markObject mishandles dictionary marking. This flaw, specifically in Dict::find(), can lead to excessive stack usage. An attacker may exploit this by supplying a specially crafted PDF file to the pdfunite binary, potentially causing a denial-of-service condition due to stack exhaustion.

References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/741
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https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/stack-based-buffer-ov...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107560
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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