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CVE-2019-14494

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

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 11, 2019

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A divide-by-zero error was found in the way Poppler handled certain PDF files. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by an application linked to Poppler, would crash the application causing a denial of service.

Statement

This flaw did not affect the versions of Poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, as they did not include the vulnerable code.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-369 · Divide By Zero