{"id":"CVE-2019-12515","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12515","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:00:14.064Z","title":"There is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function FlateStream::getChar() located at Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01.","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.","published":"2019-06-02T00:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:14:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["glyphandcog/xpdfreader"],"epss":{"score":0.01293,"percentile":0.70134,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/out-of-bounds-read-in-FlateStream__getChar","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/out-of-bounds-read-in-FlateStream__getChar","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12515","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}