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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.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pdfalto Project | Pdfalto | Version 0.2 |
| Xpdfreader | Xpdf | Version 4.0.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/46
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gfxindexedcolorspacemapcolortobase-pdfalto-0-2/
- https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/46
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gfxindexedcolorspacemapcolortobase-pdfalto-0-2/