High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 4, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-13283
CVE-2019-13283
Description
In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in strncpy from FoFiType1::parse in fofi/FoFiType1.cc because it does not ensure the source string has a valid length before making a fixed-length copy. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftotext tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.
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Affected products
28- Xpdf/Xpdfdescription
- cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:4.01.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/opensuse/poppler&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL
< 0.62.0-150000.4.9.1+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.22.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.phpnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT/nvd
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