A vulnerability was found in Poppler up to 0.76.1 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function JPXStream::init of the file JPEG2000Stream.cc. The manipulation of the argument height/width with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Poppler through 0.76.1, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init in JPEG2000Stream.cc via data with inconsistent heights or widths.

The weakness was released 05/23/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-12293 since 05/23/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176987 (Debian Security Update for poppler (DLA 1815-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 133062 and 135645.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Poppler

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• 0.76.0
• 0.76.1

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