What is CVE-2019-15860?

CVE-2019-15860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-15860?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

CVE-2019-15860

Xpdf 2.00 allows a SIGSEGV in XRef::constructXRef in XRef.cc. NOTE: 2.00 is a version from November 2002.

Published 2019-09-03 · 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 (57.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.3% 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 2.00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

gist.github.com/RootUp/b5de893bb2e51a4c846c5a0caa13b666 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15860?: CVE-2019-15860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-15860?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.