CVE-2019-12957

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-12957
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-25 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Xpdf 4.01.01, a buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C::convertToType1 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc when the index number is larger than the charset array bounds. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-129

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 4.01.01 All All All
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 4.01.01 All All All

References

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[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: xpdf-4.02-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
read___global-buffer-overflow in FoFiType1C::convertToType1 - forum.xpdfreader.com MISC forum.xpdfreader.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: xpdf-4.02-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: xpdf-4.02-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: xpdf-4.02-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: xpdf-4.02-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: xpdf-4.02-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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