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CVE-2019-9543

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9543 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Poppler 0.74.0, specifically within the JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() function. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a recursive function call by providing a specially crafted PDF file, leading to a segmentation fault and potential unspecified impact. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, posing a significant risk to availability, confidentiality, and integrity. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 Patches (4)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: poppler
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: poppler

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9543Low

poppler: recursive function call in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() in JBIG2Stream.cc causing denial of service

Feb 28, 2019

References

gitlab.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/issues/730
ExploitThird Party Advisory
research.loginsoft.com / bugs/recursive-function-call-in-function-jbig2streamreadgenericbitmap-poppler-0-74-0
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107238
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry