CVE-2019-14494

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.44%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/802 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/317 patch vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4091-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AHYAM32PALHQXL3O4DKIJ3EJB6AKBOVC/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLAQBLBIIL3A5XZQYR4MG3Z4LIPIC42P/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-14494?
CVE-2019-14494 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-14494?
To fix CVE-2019-14494, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-14494 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-14494 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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