What is CVE-2019-10023?

CVE-2019-10023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-10023?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf

CVE-2019-10023

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function PostScriptFunction::exec at Function.cc for the psOpMod case.

Published 2019-03-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xpdfreader Xpdf — versions 4.01.01

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10023?: CVE-2019-10023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-10023?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.