CVE-2019-9545
Title: Freedesktop Poppler Denial of Service (DoS)
DoS
Proof Of Concept
No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-9545.
CWE Category
CWE-674
Published Date
Mar 01, 2019
Modified Date
Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status
Not Found
Score
8.8
CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.82%
Vulnerability Summary
CVE-2019-9545: An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.
Impacted Vendors
Reference Links
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/731
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamreadtextregion-poppler-0-74-0/
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/731
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamreadtextregion-poppler-0-74-0/
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: PatternsNo specific attack patterns mapped.
Likelihood
Severity
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CVE-2019-9545 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)
No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.
MODIFIED
Vulnerability data updated via NVD.
MODIFIED
Vulnerability data or affected products updated.
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.