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CVE-2019-9589

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc 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.

Affected products

• Glyphandcog Xpdfreader: 4.01

References

• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41262
• https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-function-psoutputdevsetupresources-xpdf-4-01/
• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41262
• https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-function-psoutputdevsetupresources-xpdf-4-01/

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