High severity7.8OSV Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-9878
CVE-2019-9878
Description
There is an invalid memory access in the function GfxIndexedColorSpace::mapColorToBase() located in GfxState.cc in Xpdf 4.0.0, as used in pdfalto 0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) 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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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
2- research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gfxindexedcolorspacemapcolortobase-pdfalto-0-2/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/46nvdThird Party Advisory
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