CVE-2019-9959

Publication date 22 July 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
emscripten	24.04 LTS noble	Ignored
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
poppler	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

ebarretto

Marking emscripten ignored as poppler code is only for test/example.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
poppler	Upstream: 68ef84e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4646-1
poppler vulnerabilities
25 November 2020