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CVE-2019-12293

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12293 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in Poppler versions through 0.76.1, specifically within the JPXStream::init function, triggered by malformed JPEG2000 data. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. 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
<= 0.76.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 79th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: evince-0:3.28.2-9.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: poppler-0:0.26.5-42.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: poppler-0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-12293Moderate

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

May 23, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2713
gitlab.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/issues/768
ExploitVendor 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/108457