Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting poppler-cpp package, versions <0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.49% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-POPPLERCPP-2541963
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Jul 2019

Introduced: 22 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-9959  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 poppler-cpp to version 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2713.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-cpp package and not the poppler-cpp package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1