What is CVE-2019-9588?

CVE-2019-9588 is a high-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-9588?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-9588 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

CVE-2019-9588

There is an Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement() located at GMutex.h in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (63.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Glyphandcog Xpdfreader — versions 4.01
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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-2019-9588?: CVE-2019-9588 is a high-severity vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-9588?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-9588 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.