Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pdfresurrect package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PDFRESURRECT-543634
  • published13 Aug 2019
  • disclosed11 Aug 2019

Introduced: 11 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 pdfresurrect.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdfresurrect package and not the pdfresurrect package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value, which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write.

CVSS Scores

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