What is CVE-2019-16927?

CVE-2019-16927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-16927?

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

Buffer overflow in Glyphandcog Xpdf

CVE-2019-16927

Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9877.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16927?: CVE-2019-16927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-16927?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.