VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12515
There is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function FlateStream::getChar() located at Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.29%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
There is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function FlateStream::getChar() located at Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftoppm tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Information Disclosure or a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.29% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- glyphandcog/xpdfreader
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/out-of-bounds-read-in-FlateStream__getCharExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT/
- https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/out-of-bounds-read-in-FlateStream__getCharExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.