Out-of-bounds read in xpdf - CVE-2019-13291
Published: July 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19540
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13291
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 DCTStream::readScan() in Stream.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
xpdf
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13291
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.