CVE-2019-12360

high

Description

A stack-based buffer over-read exists in FoFiTrueType::dumpString in fofi/FoFiTrueType.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending crafted TrueType data in a PDF document to the pdftops tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service or leak memory data into dump content.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IQBAHQQF2P7E6PL5STST3TGH7VPVXKKQ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJ3GYFINXANXTQEDN5SON47IJA5277RU/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00002.html

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41801

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-27

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High