CVE-2019-9200 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-9200?

CVE-2019-9200 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Feb 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9200?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Freedesktop Poppler.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9200?

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-2019-9200 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9200 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9200, GHSA-g25g-gjmh-hgmj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9200, USN-3905-1.