Bug 1691666 (CVE-2019-9877)

Summary:	CVE-2019-9877 xpdf: invalid memory access in function TextPage::findGaps() in TextOutputDev.c leads to sdos
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	pertusus, tcallawa
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-22 08:04:21 UTC

There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by 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.

Reference:
https://research.loginsoft.com/vulnerability/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xpdf-4-01/

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-22 08:13:33 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1691672]

Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-22 08:14:12 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1691673]

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:51:41 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.