Security Advisory
CVE-2019-9959
6.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
July 22, 2019
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory