SB2020020456 - Fedora 31 update for poppler 



SB2020020456 - Fedora 31 update for poppler

Published: February 4, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2020020456
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14494)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to division by zero error when processing untrusted input in the function SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill at SplashOutputDev.cc. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.