CVE-2019-13288

moderate-risk
Published 2019-07-04

In Xpdf 4.01.01, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack. This is similar to CVE-2018-16646.

Do I need to act?

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27.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 72% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Glyphandcog

References (2)

Exploit https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/stack-overflow_dos_Parser__get...
Exploit https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/stack-overflow_dos_Parser__get...
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal