CVE-2019-9545 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Poppler 0.74.0, specifically within the JBIG2Stream::readTextRegion() function, which can be triggered by a crafted PDF file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.74.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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