An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0.
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function Splash::blitTransparent at splash/Splash.cc.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02708 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.74.0 | Vulnerable | Freedesktop |
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.74.0 Vulnerable ·Freedesktop
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10872
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vjwx-3hf8-wp7w
References
More Freedesktop Poppler vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-11232 Integer overflow in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-32126 An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-17985 An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.08.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-17247 A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 22.07.0 allows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-17245 In Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c callows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-18422 An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler version 20.12.1, allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-10872 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-10872 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vjwx-3hf8-wp7w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-10872 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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