CVE-2019-15143
In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, the bitmap reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service error (resource exhaustion caused by a GBitmap::read_rle_raw infinite loop) by crafting a corrupted image file, related to libdjvu/DjVmDir.cpp and…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, the bitmap reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service error (resource exhaustion caused by a GBitmap::read_rle_raw infinite loop) by crafting a corrupted image file, related to libdjvu/DjVmDir.cpp and libdjvu/GBitmap.cpp.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.71% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- djvulibre project/djvulibre · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00086.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00087.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPMG3VY33XGMIKE6QDYIUVS6A7GNTHTK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JO65AWU7LEWNF6DDCZPRFTR2ZPP5XK6L/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7F7544WASYMOTFDR2WUEOQLN3ZEXNU4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QUEME45HVGTMDOYODAZYQOGWSZ2CEFWZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYZTGKWY3NAKMIMTFYGN4ZO5XEQWPYRL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-36Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/djvu/bugs/297/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/djvu/djvulibre-git/ci/b1f4e1b2187d9e5010cd01ceccf20b4a11ce723f/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4198-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5032Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00086.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00087.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPMG3VY33XGMIKE6QDYIUVS6A7GNTHTK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JO65AWU7LEWNF6DDCZPRFTR2ZPP5XK6L/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7F7544WASYMOTFDR2WUEOQLN3ZEXNU4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QUEME45HVGTMDOYODAZYQOGWSZ2CEFWZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYZTGKWY3NAKMIMTFYGN4ZO5XEQWPYRL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-36Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/djvu/bugs/297/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/djvu/djvulibre-git/ci/b1f4e1b2187d9e5010cd01ceccf20b4a11ce723f/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4198-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5032Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.