VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-14934
An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value, which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.12%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value, which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.12% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- pdfresurrect project/pdfresurrect · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/0c4120fffa3dffe97b95c486a120eded82afe8a6Patch
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/compare/v0.17...v0.18Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DBYXYU2VSDJ3NAL54IW2KYD3TZSR33M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXN6W5QTNQJ2LFDCQWKYSMMZ3NPUWP3U/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y243C2IFMRFQWHV62JCSHTMQGDDCICNF/
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/0c4120fffa3dffe97b95c486a120eded82afe8a6Patch
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/compare/v0.17...v0.18Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DBYXYU2VSDJ3NAL54IW2KYD3TZSR33M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXN6W5QTNQJ2LFDCQWKYSMMZ3NPUWP3U/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y243C2IFMRFQWHV62JCSHTMQGDDCICNF/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.