CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-9589
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-03-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc 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.
Affected configurations
• glyphandcog xpdfreader 4.01
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41262 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-function-psoutputdevsetupresources-xpdf-4-01/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41262 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-function-psoutputdevsetupresources-xpdf-4-01/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory