CVE-2019-13288 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service via infinite recursion in the PDF parser when processing a crafted file.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13288?
CVE-2019-13288 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, published on 4 Jul 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
In Xpdf 4.01.01, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack. This is similar to CVE-2018-16646.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13288?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Glyphandcog Xpdfreader.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13288?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2019-13288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13288 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 3 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prrp-xgrg-xvgp.