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CVE-2019-9199

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL...

8.8 HighFix available

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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

2.55%Up 1.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
CVE-2019-9199
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-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
CVE-2019-9199
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18575 No score

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
EUVD-2019-18575
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2pr3-qrhm-jm7j 8.8

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL...

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
GHSA-2pr3-qrhm-jm7j
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-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-9199 8.8

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-9199
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
2026-11-03
OSV 8.8

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
CVE-2019-9199
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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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-9199 8.8

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9199
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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9199 8.8

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9199
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
OSVMGASA-2020-0294 No score

Updated podofo packages fix security vulnerability

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:

A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file. (CVE-2018-12983)

An issue was discovered in crop_page in PoDoFo 0.9.6. For a crafted PDF document, pPage->GetObject()->GetDictionary().AddKey(PdfName("MediaBox"),var) can be problematic due to the function GetObject() being called for the pPage NULL pointer object. The value of pPage at this point is 0x0, which causes a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2018-20751)

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-9199)

PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a heap-based buffer overflow in PdfString::ConvertUTF16toUTF8 in base/PdfString.cpp. (CVE-2019-9687)

The PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad function in PdfVariant.h in PoDoFo 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file, because of ImageExtractor.cpp. (CVE-2019-20093)

Record
MGASA-2020-0294
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14278-1 No score

libpodofo-devel-0.10.3-2.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libpodofo-devel-0.10.3-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14278-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:2137-1 No score

Security update for podofo

This update for podofo fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9199: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in podofoimpose (bsc#1127855)
  • CVE-2018-20797: Fixed an excessive memory allocation in PoDoFo:podofo_calloc (bsc#1127514)
  • CVE-2019-10723: Fixed a memory leak in PdfPagesTreeCache (bsc#1131544)
Record
SUSE-SU-2024:2137-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:3541-1 No score

Security update for podofo

This update for podofo fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-8981: Fixed heap overflow in the function ReadXRefSubsection (bsc#1023190)

  • CVE-2017-6840: Fixed invalid memory read in ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack (colorchanger.cpp) (bsc#1027787)

  • CVE-2017-6841: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in GraphicsStack::TGraphicsStackElement::~TGraphicsStackElement (graphicsstack.h) (bsc#1027786)

  • CVE-2017-6842: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack (colorchanger.cpp) (bsc#1027785)

  • CVE-2017-6845: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in GraphicsStack::TGraphicsStackElement::SetNonStrokingColorSpace (graphicsstack.h) (bsc#1027779)

  • CVE-2017-6849: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in PoDoFo::PdfColorGray::~PdfColorGray (PdfColor.cpp) (bsc#1027776)

  • CVE-2017-8378: Fixed denial of service (application crash) vectors related to m_offsets.size (PdfParser::ReadObjects func in base/PdfParser.cpp) (bsc#1037000)

  • CVE-2018-5308: Fixed Undefined behavior (memcpy with NULL pointer) in PdfMemoryOutputStream::Write (src/base/PdfOutputStream.cpp) (bsc#1075772)

  • CVE-2019-10723: Fixed Memory leak in PdfPagesTreeCache class in doc/PdfPagesTreeCache.cpp (bsc#1131544)

  • CVE-2019-9199: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in function PoDoFo:Impose:PdfTranslator:setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp (bsc#1127855)

  • Fixed NULL pointer dereference in PdfInfo::GuessFormat (pdfinfo.cpp) (bsc#1023072)

Record
SUSE-SU-2024:3541-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
podofo
Alpine:v3.13
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.14
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.15
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.16
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.17
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.18
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.19
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.20
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.21
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.22
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
podofo
Alpine:v3.23
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
podofo
Alpine:v3.24
before 0.9.7-r0
0.9.7-r0
libpodofo
Debian:12
before 0.9.6+dfsg-5
0.9.6+dfsg-5
libpodofo
Debian:13
before 0.9.6+dfsg-5
0.9.6+dfsg-5
libpodofo
Debian:14
before 0.9.6+dfsg-5
0.9.6+dfsg-5
podofo
Mageia:7
before 0.9.6-1.1.mga7
0.9.6-1.1.mga7
podofo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5
before 0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
podofo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6
before 0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
podofo
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
before 0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
podofo
openSUSE:Leap 15.6
before 0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
0.9.6-150300.3.9.1
podofo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
before 0.9.2-3.21.1
0.9.2-3.21.1
podofo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5
before 0.9.2-3.21.1
0.9.2-3.21.1
libpodofo
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.0-1.1ubuntu10.9.0-1.20.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm10.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm3
None known
libpodofo
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.0-1.30.9.3-30.9.3-40.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
libpodofo
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.5-60.9.5-80.9.5-8build10.9.5-90.9.5-9ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
podofo
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 0.10.3-2.1
0.10.3-2.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2019-9199 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Podofo Project Podofo, published February 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.55%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in podofo 0.9.7-r0.

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