CVE-2019-13287: glyphandcog xpdfreader Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-13287 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in glyphandcog xpdfreader. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 04-07-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Xpdf 4.01.01, there is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function SplashXPath::strokeAdjust() located at splash/SplashXPath.cc. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftoppm tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Information Disclosure. This is related to CVE-2018-16368.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
67%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.18% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundPocs
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Glyphandcog1 product
- xpdfreader4.01.01
Ubuntu1 product
- poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14 | < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9
2 vendors · 2 products
References
3 links- github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/out-of-bounds-read-in-SplashXPath__strokeAdjustX Refsource MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryREPORT