Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-9200

Title: Freedesktop Poppler RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-9200.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Feb 26, 2019

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.47%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-9200: A heap-based buffer underwrite exists in ImageStream::getLine() located at Stream.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Impacted Vendors

poppler 1

freedesktop 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107172 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/728 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ6RABASMSIMMWMDZTP6ZWUWZPTBSVB5/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWP5XSUG6GNRI75NYKF53KIB2CZY6QQ6/ https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-based-buffer-underwrite-in-imagestreamgetline-poppler-0-74-0/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3905-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107172 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/728 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ6RABASMSIMMWMDZTP6ZWUWZPTBSVB5/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWP5XSUG6GNRI75NYKF53KIB2CZY6QQ6/ https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-based-buffer-underwrite-in-imagestreamgetline-poppler-0-74-0/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3905-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-9200 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 26, 2019 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.