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medium 5.5

CVE-2019-15144 json

In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, the sorting functionality (aka GArrayTemplate<TYPE>::sort) allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application…

published 2019-08-18 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-6211

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, the sorting functionality (aka GArrayTemplate<TYPE>::sort) allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash due to an Uncontrolled Recursion) by crafting a PBM image file that is mishandled in libdjvu/GContainer.h.

Patch / fix

  • djvulibre Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.5.27.1-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15144

  • djvulibre Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.5.27.1-5ubuntu0.1
  • djvulibre Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.5.27.1-8ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15144

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

  • djvulibre SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 3.5.27-3.3.1
  • djvulibre SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 +1 more 3.5.25.3-5.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2452-1SUSE-SU-2019:2444-1

  • djvulibre openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.5.28-3.2
  • djvulibre openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.5.27-lp151.3.3.1
  • djvulibre openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.5.27-lp150.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10719-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2219-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2217-1

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-2019-15144 updated cvss 7.6

djvulibre: recursive call to GArrayTemplate<Run>::sort in GContainer.h leads to stack overflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/djvu/bugs/299/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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