NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package poppler  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-POPPLER-637749
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed6 Mar 2019

Introduced: 6 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9589  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Ubuntu.

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.