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CVE-2019-14494 json

An issue was discovered in Poppler through 0.78.0.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5670

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Poppler through 0.78.0. There is a divide-by-zero error in the function SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill at SplashOutputDev.cc.

Patch / fix

  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.85.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14494

  • poppler Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14494

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • poppler RHEL 8 0.66.0-27.el8
  • poppler-cpp RHEL 8 0.66.0-27.el8
  • poppler-qt5 RHEL 8 0.66.0-27.el8
  • poppler-glib RHEL 8 0.66.0-27.el8
  • poppler-utils RHEL 8 0.66.0-27.el8
  • evince RHEL 7 3.28.2-10.el7
  • poppler RHEL 7 0.26.5-43.el7
  • evince-dvi RHEL 7 3.28.2-10.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4643RHSA-2020:3977

  • poppler SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.24.4-14.20.2
  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.19.3
  • poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.19.3
  • poppler SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +8 more 0.62.0-4.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1724-1SUSE-SU-2022:1723-1SUSE-SU-2021:3854-1

  • poppler openSUSE Leap 15.3 0.62.0-4.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2021:3854-1

  • poppler-cpp AlmaLinux 8 0.66.0-27.el8
  • poppler-qt5 AlmaLinux 8 0.66.0-27.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4643

  • cppcheck Azure Linux 3.0 2.18.3-1

azure linux advisories AZL-44472

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14494 updated cvss 7.5

poppler: divide-by-zero in function SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill in SplashOutputDev.cc

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) poppler-cpp 0.66.0-27.el8, poppler-qt5 0.66.0-27.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) poppler 0.66.0-27.el8, poppler-glib 0.66.0-27.el8, poppler-utils 0.66.0-27.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4643
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-43.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-utils 0.26.5-43.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-43.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-43.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) poppler-qt 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-cpp 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-10.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-10.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-43.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-43.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-43.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-10.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3977
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-qt4, poppler-glib, poppler-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/802 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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