VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-9588

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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 fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references