Out-of-bounds read in xpdf - CVE-2019-13283
Published: July 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19543
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-2019-13283
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the FoFiType1::parse() function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc, when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13283
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.