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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9959

The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 poppler

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.85.0-2"}]}]

Debian:13 poppler

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.85.0-2"}]}]

Debian:14 poppler

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.85.0-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org