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CVE-2019-10872

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10872 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in Poppler version 0.74.0, specifically within the Splash::blitTransparent function. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.74.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-10872Moderate

poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in function Splash::blitTransparent in splash/Splash.cc

Apr 3, 2019

References

gitlab.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/issues/750
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00002.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MAWV24KRXTFODLVT46RXI27XIQFX2QR
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWS7NVFFCUY3YSTMEKZEJEU6JVUUBKHB
usn.ubuntu.com / 4042-1
securityfocus.com / bid/107862
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry