Out-of-bounds Read Affecting djvulibre package, versions <3.5.27.1-5ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.85% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-DJVULIBRE-535045
  • published18 Aug 2019
  • disclosed18 Aug 2019

Introduced: 18 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 djvulibre to version 3.5.27.1-5ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream djvulibre package and not the djvulibre package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, DjVmDir.cpp in the DJVU reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash in GStringRep::strdup in libdjvu/GString.cpp caused by a heap-based buffer over-read) by crafting a DJVU file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1