CVE-2019-9588: glyphandcog xpdfreader

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9588 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in glyphandcog xpdfreader. EPSS estimates a 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 06-03-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is an Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement() located at GMutex.h in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.