What is CVE-2019-16088?

CVE-2019-16088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-16088?

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

Vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

CVE-2019-16088

Xpdf 3.04 has a SIGSEGV in XRef::fetch in XRef.cc after many recursive calls to Catalog::countPageTree in Catalog.cc.

Published 2019-09-06 · 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 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% 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 3.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

gist.github.com/RootUp/3d9e90ea5ae0799305b4c7ec66e19387 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16088?: CVE-2019-16088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-16088?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.