CVE-2019-10873 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10873 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-10873 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Freedesktop Poppler. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10873/index.md)
A NULL pointer dereference in Poppler allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PDF files.
- 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-2019-10873?
CVE-2019-10873 is a medium-severity 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 NULL pointer dereference in the function SplashClip::clipAALine at splash/SplashClip.cc.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10873?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freedesktop Poppler.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10873?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-10873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10873, GHSA-x8wr-3xmc-rp7m.