Out-of-bounds read in xpdf - CVE-2019-13287
Published: July 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19537
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13287
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Glyph & Cog
Affected software:
xpdf
xpdf
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the function SplashXPath::strokeAdjust() in splash/SplashXPath.cc. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13287
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.