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CVE-2019-9877

N/A
Published: March 19, 2019 at 06:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXpdf

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41265
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xpdf-4-01/

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-787

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