CVE-2019-9587

There is a stack consumption issue in md5Round1() located in Decrypt.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to Catalog::countPageTree.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-function-md5round1-xpdf-4-01/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41263	Exploit Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-03-06 00:29

Updated : 2019-03-06 15:09

NVD link : CVE-2019-9587

Mitre link : CVE-2019-9587

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

glyphandcog

xpdfreader

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