CVE-2019-9587 Denial of service in n/a
A stack consumption vulnerability in Xpdf allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-9587?
CVE-2019-9587 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader, published on 6 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
There is a stack consumption issue in md5Round1() located in Decrypt.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to Catalog::countPageTree.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9587?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Glyphandcog Xpdfreader.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9587?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-9587 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-2019-9587 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9587 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Glyphandcog Xpdfreader
Sources
Also known as CVE-2023-26934, CVE-2023-26935, CVE-2023-26936, CVE-2023-26937, CVE-2023-26938, CVE-2023-27655 and 2 more.