PT-2019-13240 · Xpdf · Xpdf

Published 2019-07-04 · Updated 2024-12-10 · CVE-2019-13288

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xpdf version 4.01.01

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack via a crafted file, leveraging infinite recursion in the Parser::getObj() function.

Recommendations For Xpdf version 4.01.01, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the Parser::getObj() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Uncontrolled Recursion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-13288

Affected Products

Xpdf

References · 8

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/stack-overflow_dos_Parser__getObj · Exploit, Deleted
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13288 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13288 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/211 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/_aircorridor/status/1866455316176486467 · Twitter Post