CVE-2019-9588

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-9588
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-06 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-06 23:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is an Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement() located at GMutex.h in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 4.01 All All All
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 4.01 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Invalid memory access in GAtomicCounter gAtomicIncrement( ) – xpdf-4.01 - forum.xpdfreader.com MISC forum.xpdfreader.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2019-9588: Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement( ) - xpdf-4.01 - Loginsoft Research MISC research.loginsoft.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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