Out-of-bounds Read Affecting poppler package, versions <0.22.5-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-POPPLER-1557603
  • published2 Jul 2019
  • disclosed25 Jun 2019

Introduced: 25 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12957  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 poppler to version 0.22.5-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C::convertToType1 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc when the index number is larger than the charset array bounds. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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