CVE-2019-9903

NameCVE-2019-9903
DescriptionPDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3120-1
Debian Bugs925264

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.26.5-2+deb8u16fixed
stretch (security)0.48.0-2+deb9u4vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch0.48.0-2+deb9u6vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid, trixie24.08.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
popplersourceexperimental0.81.0-1
popplersourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
popplersourcejessie(not affected)
popplersourcebuster0.71.0-5+deb10u1DLA-3120-1
popplersource(unstable)0.85.0-2low925264

Notes

[stretch] - poppler <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - poppler <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/741
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/fada09a2ccc11a3a1d308e810f1336d8df6011fd

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