Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-9877
CVE-2019-9877
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.
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References
2- forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.phpmitrex_refsource_MISC
- research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xpdf-4-01/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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