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.

EPSS: 0.009 (53.9th 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 3.04
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

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

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.