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CVE-2019-13291

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In Xpdf 4.01.01, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function DCTStream::readScan() located at Stream.cc. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Information Disclosure.

Affected products

• Glyphandcog Xpdfreader: 4.01.01

References

• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41818
• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41818

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