CVE-2019-9200: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A heap-based buffer underwrite exists in ImageStream::getLine() located at Stream.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Freedesktop Poppler: version 0.74.0 only

Published 2019-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.