VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-9199
It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.55% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- podofo project/podofo · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/jjanku/podofo/commit/ada821df68fb0bf673840ed525daf4ec709dbfd9
- https://github.com/mksdev/podofo/commit/1400a9aaf611299b9a56aa2abeb158918b9743c8
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CIC2EXSSMBT3MY2HY42IIY4BUQS2SVYB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTJ5AAM6Y4NMSELEH7N5ZG4DNO56BCYF/
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-setsource-podofo-0-9-6-trunk-r1967/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/40/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jjanku/podofo/commit/ada821df68fb0bf673840ed525daf4ec709dbfd9
- https://github.com/mksdev/podofo/commit/1400a9aaf611299b9a56aa2abeb158918b9743c8
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CIC2EXSSMBT3MY2HY42IIY4BUQS2SVYB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTJ5AAM6Y4NMSELEH7N5ZG4DNO56BCYF/
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-setsource-podofo-0-9-6-trunk-r1967/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/40/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.