Application crash via unchecked JBIG2 row addition
Published Dec 22, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in Poppler 24.12.0 and earlier allows attackers to crash PDF-processing applications with a malformed JBIG2 image. JBIG2Bitmap::combine adds the image-supplied y offset to each destination row without checking for signed overflow, then uses the wrapped result to derive a destination-buffer pointer. Processing a crafted PDF containing malformed JBIG2 data is required; the documented consequence is an application crash.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Poppler 24.12.0 and earlier allows attackers to crash PDF-processing applications with a malformed JBIG2 image. JBIG2Bitmap::combine adds the image-supplied y offset to each destination row without checking for signed overflow, then uses the wrapped result to derive a destination-buffer pointer. Processing a crafted PDF containing malformed JBIG2 data is required; the documented consequence is an application crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56378
- Published
- Dec 22, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-125
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Malformed JBIG2 PDF crash reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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