CVE-2019-10019 Denial of service in n/a
A floating point exception in Xpdf's PSOutputDev can cause a denial of service when processing malicious PDF files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-10019?
CVE-2019-10019 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, published on 24 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice at PSOutputDev.cc for nStripes.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xpdfreader Xpdf.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10019?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-10019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xpdfreader Xpdf
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jqhh-g8q4-pp8j, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10019.