PT-2019-12822 · None · Xpdf

Published 2019-05-31 · Updated 2019-09-30 · CVE-2019-12493

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xpdf version 4.01.01

Description A stack-based buffer over-read issue exists due to the mishandling of tint transform functions by GfxSeparationColorSpace and GfxDeviceNColorSpace in the PostScriptFunction::transform function in Function.cc. This can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool, potentially allowing an attacker to cause Denial of Service or leak memory data.

Recommendations For Xpdf version 4.01.01, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12493

DLA-1939-1

Affected Products

Xpdf

References · 13

• 🔥 https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41806 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1939-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12493 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12493 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00033.html · Note