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CVE-2019-12293 json

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

published 2019-05-23 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-3933

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.71.0-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12293

  • poppler Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14
  • poppler Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12293

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • evince RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • evince-dvi RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler-qt RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • evince-libs RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler-cpp RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • poppler-glib RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • poppler-demos RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1074RHSA-2019:2713

  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.25.1
  • poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.25.1
  • poppler openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.62.0-150000.4.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2907-1SUSE-SU-2023:2838-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-12293 updated cvss 6.6

poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init in JPEG2000Stream.cc

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-qt4, poppler-glib, poppler-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) poppler-cpp 0.66.0-11.el8_0.12, poppler-qt5 0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) poppler 0.66.0-11.el8_0.12, poppler-glib 0.66.0-11.el8_0.12, poppler-utils 0.66.0-11.el8_0.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2713
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-utils 0.26.5-42.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1074

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Exploit prediction

2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/768 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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Sources

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