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CVE-2019-9199 json

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be tr…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18575

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • libpodofo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.6+dfsg-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9199

  • podofo SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.9.2-3.21.1
  • podofo SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 0.9.6-150300.3.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3541-1SUSE-SU-2024:2137-1

  • podofo openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.10.3-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14278-1

  • podofo Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 0.9.7-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-9199

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • podofo Arch Linux 0.9.7-1

arch linux advisories AVG-867

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-9199 updated cvss 3.5

podofo: Null pointer dereference in function PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • research.loginsoft.com https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-setsource-podofo-0-9-6-trunk-r1967/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/40/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Sources

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