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high 7.8

CVE-2019-13283 json

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in strncpy from FoFiType1::parse in fofi/FoFiType1.cc because it does not…

published 2019-07-04 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4790

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in strncpy from FoFiType1::parse in fofi/FoFiType1.cc because it does not ensure the source string has a valid length before making a fixed-length copy. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftotext tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • poppler Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13283

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • poppler SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.24.4-14.23.1
  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 0.43.0-16.22.1
  • poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 0.43.0-16.22.1
  • poppler SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS +1 more 0.62.0-150000.4.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0496-1SUSE-SU-2023:0494-1SUSE-SU-2023:0480-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13283 updated cvss 3.3

xpdf: heap-based buffer over-read in FoFiType1::parse in fofi/FoFiType1.cc

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • forum.xpdfreader.com https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41843 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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