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CVE-2019-9545

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream:...

8.8 High

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.89%Up 1.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
CVE-2019-9545
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
CVE-2019-9545
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18917 No score

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
EUVD-2019-18917
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qhp4-37x2-x9w9 8.8

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream:...

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
GHSA-qhp4-37x2-x9w9
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
CVE-2019-9545
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-9545 8.8

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9545
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9545 8.8

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JBIG2Bitmap::clearToZero.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9545
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:4270-1 No score

Security update for poppler

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9545: Fixed an uncontrolled recursion issue that could cause a crash (bsc#1128114).
  • CVE-2022-37052: Fixed a crash that could be triggered when opening a crafted file (bsc#1214726).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:4270-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:4362-1 No score

Security update for poppler

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9545: Fixed a potential crash due to uncontrolled recursion in the JBIG parser (bsc#1128114).
  • CVE-2019-9631: Fixed an out of bounds read when converting a PDF to an image (bsc#1129202).
  • CVE-2022-37052: Fixed a reachable assertion when extracting pages of a PDf file (bsc#1214726).
  • CVE-2020-36023: Fixed a stack bugger overflow in FoFiType1C:cvtGlyph (bsc#1214256).
  • CVE-2019-13287: Fixed an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function SplashXPath:strokeAdjust (bsc#1140745).
  • CVE-2018-18456: Fixed a stack-based buffer over-read via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1112428).
  • CVE-2018-18454: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1112424).
  • CVE-2019-14292: Fixed an out of bounds read in GfxState.cc (bsc#1143570).
  • CVE-2022-48545: Fixed an infinite recursion in Catalog::findDestInTree which can cause denial of service (bsc#1214723).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:4362-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:4546-1 No score

Security update for poppler

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9545: Fixed a potential crash due to uncontrolled recursion in the JBIG parser (bsc#1128114).
  • CVE-2019-9631: Fixed an out of bounds read when converting a PDF to an image (bsc#1129202).
  • CVE-2022-37052: Fixed a reachable assertion when extracting pages of a PDf file (bsc#1214726).
  • CVE-2020-36023: Fixed a stack bugger overflow in FoFiType1C:cvtGlyph (bsc#1214256).
  • CVE-2019-14292: Fixed an out of bounds read in GfxState.cc (bsc#1143570).
  • CVE-2022-48545: Fixed an infinite recursion in Catalog::findDestInTree which can cause denial of service (bsc#1214723).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:4546-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:4562-1 No score

Security update for poppler

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9545: Fixed an uncontrolled recursion issue that could cause a crash (bsc#1128114).
  • CVE-2022-37052: Fixed a crash that could be triggered when opening a crafted file (bsc#1214726).
  • CVE-2020-36023: Fixed a stack bugger overflow in FoFiType1C:cvtGlyph (bsc#1214256).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:4562-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
poppler
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
22.12.0-222.12.0-2+deb12u122.12.0-2+deb12u222.12.0-2+deb12u322.12.0-2.1
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22.12.0-2.223.08.0-123.08.0-223.12.0-124.02.0-124.02.0-224.02.0-324.02.0-424.02.0-524.02.0-5+loong6424.06.0-124.06.0-224.08.0-124.08.0-224.08.0-324.08.0-425.01.0-125.01.0-225.01.0-325.01.0-425.01.0-525.03.0-125.03.0-1025.03.0-1125.03.0-11.125.03.0-225.03.0-325.03.0-425.03.0-525.03.0-625.03.0-725.03.0-926.01.0-126.01.0-226.01.0-326.01.0-426.01.0-4.126.01.0-526.07.0-126.07.0-2
 None known
poppler
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
25.03.0-1025.03.0-1125.03.0-11.125.03.0-525.03.0-5+deb13u2
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25.03.0-5+deb13u325.03.0-5+deb13u425.03.0-625.03.0-725.03.0-926.01.0-126.01.0-226.01.0-326.01.0-426.01.0-4.126.01.0-526.07.0-126.07.0-2
 None known
poppler
Debian:14
 All versions, plus listed versions
25.03.0-1025.03.0-1125.03.0-11.125.03.0-525.03.0-6
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25.03.0-725.03.0-926.01.0-126.01.0-226.01.0-326.01.0-426.01.0-4.126.01.0-526.07.0-126.07.0-2
 None known
poppler
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0.62.0-150000.4.31.1
0.62.0-150000.4.31.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.43.0-16.40.1
0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.43.0-16.40.1
0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.43.0-16.40.1
0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.43.0-16.40.1
0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.43.0-16.40.1
0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.43.0-16.40.1
0.43.0-16.40.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0.24.4-14.41.1
0.24.4-14.41.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.2
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler
SUSE:Manager Server 4.2
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
0.33.0-0ubuntu30.37.0-0ubuntu10.38.0-0ubuntu10.41.0-0ubuntu10.41.0-0ubuntu1.1
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0.41.0-0ubuntu1.20.41.0-0ubuntu1.30.41.0-0ubuntu1.40.41.0-0ubuntu1.50.41.0-0ubuntu1.60.41.0-0ubuntu1.70.41.0-0ubuntu1.80.41.0-0ubuntu1.90.41.0-0ubuntu1.100.41.0-0ubuntu1.110.41.0-0ubuntu1.120.41.0-0ubuntu1.130.41.0-0ubuntu1.140.41.0-0ubuntu1.150.41.0-0ubuntu1.160.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm10.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm20.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm30.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm40.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm50.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm60.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm70.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm8
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
0.57.0-2ubuntu40.57.0-2ubuntu50.62.0-1ubuntu10.62.0-2ubuntu10.62.0-2ubuntu2
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0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10.62.0-2ubuntu2.20.62.0-2ubuntu2.40.62.0-2ubuntu2.50.62.0-2ubuntu2.60.62.0-2ubuntu2.70.62.0-2ubuntu2.80.62.0-2ubuntu2.90.62.0-2ubuntu2.100.62.0-2ubuntu2.110.62.0-2ubuntu2.120.62.0-2ubuntu2.130.62.0-2ubuntu2.140.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm10.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm20.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm30.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm40.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm50.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm60.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm70.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm8
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
0.80.0-0ubuntu10.80.0-0ubuntu30.80.0-0ubuntu40.80.0-0ubuntu50.85.0-1ubuntu1
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0.85.0-1ubuntu30.86.1-0ubuntu10.86.1-0ubuntu1.10.86.1-0ubuntu1.20.86.1-0ubuntu1.30.86.1-0ubuntu1.40.86.1-0ubuntu1.50.86.1-0ubuntu1.60.86.1-0ubuntu1.70.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm10.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm20.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
21.06.1-121.11.0-1~ubuntu222.02.0-222.02.0-2ubuntu0.122.02.0-2ubuntu0.2
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22.02.0-2ubuntu0.322.02.0-2ubuntu0.422.02.0-2ubuntu0.522.02.0-2ubuntu0.622.02.0-2ubuntu0.722.02.0-2ubuntu0.822.02.0-2ubuntu0.922.02.0-2ubuntu0.1022.02.0-2ubuntu0.1122.02.0-2ubuntu0.1222.02.0-2ubuntu0.1322.02.0-2ubuntu0.1422.02.0-2ubuntu0.15
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
23.08.0-2ubuntu123.12.0-1ubuntu224.02.0-1ubuntu224.02.0-1ubuntu824.02.0-1ubuntu9
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24.02.0-1ubuntu9.124.02.0-1ubuntu9.224.02.0-1ubuntu9.324.02.0-1ubuntu9.424.02.0-1ubuntu9.524.02.0-1ubuntu9.624.02.0-1ubuntu9.724.02.0-1ubuntu9.824.02.0-1ubuntu9.924.02.0-1ubuntu9.1024.02.0-1ubuntu9.11
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
25.03.0-325.03.0-425.03.0-4build125.03.0-4ubuntu125.03.0-5
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25.03.0-625.03.0-725.03.0-1025.03.0-10ubuntu0.125.03.0-10ubuntu0.2
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
26.01.0-2build226.01.0-526.07.0-0ubuntu126.07.0-226.07.0-2ubuntu126.07.0-2ubuntu1.1
 None known
poppler
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
25.03.0-1025.03.0-11.126.01.0-2build226.01.0-2ubuntu0.126.01.0-2ubuntu0.226.01.0-2ubuntu0.3
 None known

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-9545 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Freedesktop Poppler, published March 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.89%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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