CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-9878

There is an invalid memory access in the function GfxIndexedColorSpace::mapColorToBase() located in GfxState.cc in Xpdf 4.0.0, as used in pdfalto 0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gfxindexedcolorspacemapcolortobase-pdfalto-0-2/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/46 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-21 04:01

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-9878

Mitre link : CVE-2019-9878

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

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