CVE-2019-9959

NameCVE-2019-9959
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1963-1, DLA-2440-1, DLA-3120-1
Debian Bugs941776

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)buster0.71.0-5vulnerable
buster (security)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
trixie, bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid22.12.0-2.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
popplersourceexperimental0.81.0-1
popplersourcejessie0.26.5-2+deb8u12DLA-1963-1
popplersourcestretch0.48.0-2+deb9u4DLA-2440-1
popplersourcebuster0.71.0-5+deb10u1DLA-3120-1
popplersource(unstable)0.85.0-2low941776

Notes

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/805
Patch: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/68ef84e5968a4249c2162b839ca6d7975048a557 (poppler-0.79.0)
Reproducer: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/uploads/3f22837ebd503f87e730b51221b89742/raiter_issue5465.pdf

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