CVE-2019-9589 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Xpdfreader

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 51.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Freedesktop PopplerGlyphandcog Xpdfreader
Timeline
PublishedMar 6
Latest updateMay 14

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntufreedesktop/poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.13+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rqjc-3v8q-4cw6: There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2019-9589: There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev↗2019-03-06
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CVEList
CVE-2019-9589: There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev↗2019-03-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-9589: xpdf - There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources...↗2019
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9587 CVE-2019-9588 CVE-2019-9589 xpdf: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2019-03-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9587 CVE-2019-9588 CVE-2019-9589 xpdf: various flaws [epel-all]↗2019-03-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9589 xpdf: null-pointer dereference in function PSOutputDev::setupResources( ) in PSOutputDev.cc↗2019-03-11
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