CVE-2019-12958 — Out-of-bounds Read in Xpdfreader

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Freedesktop PopplerGlyphandcog Xpdfreader
Timeline
PublishedJun 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C::convertToType0 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc when it is trying to access the second privateDicts array element, because the privateDicts array has only one element allocated.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntufreedesktop/poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-x6m5-g86w-pv2v: In Xpdf 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-12958: In Xpdf 4↗2019-06-25
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CVEList
CVE-2019-12958: In Xpdf 4↗2019-06-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-12958: xpdf - In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C:...↗2019
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12958 xpdf: buffer over-read in FoFiType1C::convertToType0 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc↗2019-07-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12957 CVE-2019-12958 xpdf: various flaws [epel-all]↗2019-07-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12957 CVE-2019-12958 xpdf: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2019-07-01
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