What is CVE-2019-14294?

CVE-2019-14294 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-2019-14294?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

CVE-2019-14294

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is a use-after-free in the function JPXStream::fillReadBuf at JPXStream.cc, due to an out of bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Glyphandcog Xpdfreader — versions 4.01.01
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14294?: CVE-2019-14294 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-2019-14294?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.