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Debian: CVE-2019-9200: poppler -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-9200: poppler -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/26/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/12/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-poppler

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