CVE-2019-9587: glyphandcog xpdfreader Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-9587 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in glyphandcog xpdfreader. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 6Timeline
- 06-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
There is a stack consumption issue in md5Round1() located in Decrypt.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to Catalog::countPageTree.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.12 pp
From 1.20% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (forum.xpdfreader.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (research.loginsoft.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Glyphandcog1 product
- xpdfreader4.01
Ubuntu1 product
- texlive-binAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products