8.8

CVE-2019-9543: freedesktop poppler Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9543DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9543
Published 01-03-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9543 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
46/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.31%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 01-03-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfseparate binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JArithmeticDecoder::decodeBit.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.18 pp

From 3.13% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • popplerAll versions (No fix recorded)
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • popplerAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links