CVE-2019-10871 Memory corruption in n/a
A heap-based buffer over-read in Poppler's PSOutputDev allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents via crafted PDFs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-10871?
CVE-2019-10871 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, published on 5 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice at PSOutputDev.cc.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10871?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freedesktop Poppler.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10871?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-10871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10871, GHSA-47xw-24jg-pc7q, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10871.