CVE-2019-9877

moderate-risk
Published 2019-03-21

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.30% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Xpdfreader

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41265
Exploit https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xp...
Vendor Advisory https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41265
Exploit https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xp...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal