7.1

CVE-2019-12360: glyphandcog xpdfreader Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.1v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2020-0291UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12360DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12360
Published 27-05-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-12360 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in glyphandcog xpdfreader. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-1815-1

Timeline

  1. 27-05-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A stack-based buffer over-read exists in FoFiTrueType::dumpString in fofi/FoFiTrueType.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending crafted TrueType data in a PDF document to the pdftops tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service or leak memory data into dump content.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • emscriptenAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • texlive-binAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • poppler< 0.38.0-2
Glyphandcog1 product
Mageia1 product
  • xpdf< 4.02-1.2.mga7

4 vendors · 5 products

References

10 links