What is CVE-2019-14293?

CVE-2019-14293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-14293?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

CVE-2019-14293

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an out of bounds read in the function GfxPatchMeshShading::parse at GfxState.cc for typeA!=6 case 2.

Vulnerability class: Buffer 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: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% 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

Glyphandcog Xpdfreader — versions 4.01.01

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

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-2019-14293?: CVE-2019-14293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-14293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.