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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-03-21

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Pdfalto (Pdfalto Project)
• Xpdf (Xpdfreader)

References

• https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/46
• https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gfxindexedcolorspacemapcolortobase-pdfalto-0-2/