Out-of-bounds Read Affecting poppler package, versions <0.85.0-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-POPPLER-1557668
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed7 Nov 2018

Introduced: 7 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19059  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 poppler to version 0.85.0-2 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.

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.