Out-of-bounds read in xpdf - CVE-2019-13286

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Out-of-bounds read in xpdf - CVE-2019-13286

Published: July 29, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19536
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13286
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Glyph & Cog
Affected software:
xpdf

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() located at JBIG2Stream.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-13286

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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