CVE-2019-9200

Publication date 26 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A heap-based buffer underwrite exists in ImageStream::getLine() located at Stream.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 19.04 disco
Fixed 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.2
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.6
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.8
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.13
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.17

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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