CVE-2019-9588
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.2%
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.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile
- Published
- 2019-03-06
- Updated
- 2024-08-04
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41261
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gatomiccounter-gatomicincrem…