CVE-2019-9588

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.19%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-03-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2019-9588

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

1.19%

Original Filing — NVD Description

There 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.