# CVE-2019-5030: Memory corruption in Antenna House

> A buffer overflow in Rainbow PDF Office Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 31 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fj7v-mvq5-ffj5

## What is CVE-2019-5030?

CVE-2019-5030 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Antenna House, published on 31 Oct 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

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PowerPoint document conversion function of Rainbow PDF Office Server Document Converter V7.0 Pro MR1 (7,0,2019,0220). While parsing a document text info container, the TxMasterStyleAtom::parse function is incorrectly checking the bounds corresponding to the number of style levels, causing a vtable pointer to be overwritten, which leads to code execution.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5030?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Antennahouse Rainbow Pdf Office Server Document Converter.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5030?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5030 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5030 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5030 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Antenna House, published on 31 Oct 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-2019-5030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Antenna House. 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-2019-5030/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5030/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5030
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5030
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5030

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5030/
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