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CVE-2019-9877

 

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Hay una vulnerabilidad de acceso inválido a la memoria en la función TextPage::findGaps(), ubicada en TextOutputDev.c en Xpdf 4.01, que puede (por ejemplo) desencadenarse mediante el envío de un archivo pdf manipulado al binario pdftops. Permite que un atacante provoque una denegación de servicio (fallo de segmentación) o, posiblemente, otro impacto sin especificar.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2019-03-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2019-03-19 CVE Published
  • 2023-12-18 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-04 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Xpdfreader
Search vendor "Xpdfreader"
 Xpdf
Search vendor "Xpdfreader" for product "Xpdf"
 4.0.1
Search vendor "Xpdfreader" for product "Xpdf" and version "4.0.1"
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Affected