PT-2019-13050 · Xpdf · Xpdf

Published 2019-06-24 · Updated 2022-01-01 · CVE-2019-12957

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xpdf version 4.01.01

Description A buffer over-read issue exists in Xpdf, which can be triggered by a crafted PDF document sent to the pdftops tool. This issue can cause a Denial of Service or an information leak, and potentially have other unspecified impacts.

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

Improper Validation of Array Index

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-129

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12957

Affected Products

Xpdf

References · 11

• 🔥 https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41813 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12957 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12957 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q · Vendor Advisory