CVE-2019-17063 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted PDF file can cause an extremely long running computation in the Snowtide PDFxStream Java library, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-17063?
CVE-2019-17063 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Snowtide PDFxStream before 3.7.1 (for Java), a crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation because of page-tree mishandling.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17063?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Snowtide Pdfxstream.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17063?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17063 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-17063 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17063 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-37hw-37wh-562h.