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CVE-2019-9959

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9959 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the JPXStream::init function of Poppler versions 0.78.0 and earlier, allowing an attacker to allocate a large, controlled memory chunk on the heap. This vulnerability affects products like Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.78.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 89th 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 (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-2019-9959Low

poppler: integer overflow in JPXStream::init function leading to memory consumption

Jul 23, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2713
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/blob/master/NEWS
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00024.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird 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/5ZOYOZTGU4RGZW4E63OZ7LW4SMPEWGBV
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6NX2XPMMV7O52F4NBNCHGILGJXM3OJZ
securityfocus.com / bid/109342
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