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CVE-2019-9903

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9903 is a stack consumption vulnerability in Poppler 0.74.0, specifically within the PDFDoc::markObject function, which can be triggered by a crafted PDF file and affects products from Canonical, Debian, Fedora Project, Freedesktop, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM), it presents a network-based attack vector requiring user interaction, leading to high availability impact (denial of service). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.74.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0225 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

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-2019-9903Low

poppler: stack consumption in function Dict::find() in Dict.cc

Mar 15, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2713
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/issues/741
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ6RABASMSIMMWMDZTP6ZWUWZPTBSVB5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGYLZZ4DZUDBQEGCNDWSZPSFNNZJF4S6
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWWVIYFXM74KJFIDHP4W67HR4FRF2LDE
research.loginsoft.com / bugs/stack-based-buffer-overflows-in-dictfind-poppler-0-74-0
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4042-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107560
Broken Link