diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61-CVE-2019-9959.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61-CVE-2019-9959.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c2af7a2adc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61-CVE-2019-9959.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/poppler/JPEG2000Stream.cc b/poppler/JPEG2000Stream.cc
+--- a/poppler/JPEG2000Stream.cc
++++ b/poppler/JPEG2000Stream.cc
+@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void JPXStream::init()
+   if (getDict()) smaskInData = getDict()->lookup("SMaskInData");
+ 
+   int bufSize = BUFFER_INITIAL_SIZE;
+-  if (oLen.isInt()) bufSize = oLen.getInt();
++  if (oLen.isInt() && oLen.getInt() > 0) bufSize = oLen.getInt();
+ 
+   if (cspace.isArray() && cspace.arrayGetLength() > 0) {
+
+@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ void JPXStream::init()
+   }
+ 
+   int bufSize = BUFFER_INITIAL_SIZE;
+-  if (oLen.isInt()) bufSize = oLen.getInt();
++  if (oLen.isInt() && oLen.getInt() > 0) bufSize = oLen.getInt();
+ 
+   if (cspace.isArray() && cspace.arrayGetLength() > 0) {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
index 633c3d69618b..cf247339716f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/patch/?id=004e3c10df0abda214f0c293f9e269fdd979c5ee";
       sha256 = "1l8713s57xc6g81bldw934rsfm140fqc7ggd50ha5mxdl1b3app2";
     })
+    ./0.61-CVE-2019-9959.patch
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libiconv libintl ] ++ lib.optional withData poppler_data;