SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9903

PDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

PDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.41% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
freedesktop/poppler · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.