What is CVE-2019-14289?

CVE-2019-14289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-14289?

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

Integer overflow in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

CVE-2019-14289

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an integer overflow in the function JBIG2Bitmap::combine at JBIG2Stream.cc for the "multiple bytes per line" case.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2019-07-27 · 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: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Glyphandcog Xpdfreader — versions 4.01.01

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/4.01.01 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14289?: CVE-2019-14289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-14289?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.