High severity · published Mar 19, 2019
CVE-2019-9877
There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by sending a…
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XP
Xpdf · Xpdfreader
4.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9877
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9877
Vendor Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41265
Exploit
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xpdf-4-01/
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