Bug 1778741 (CVE-2019-16927)

Summary:	CVE-2019-16927 xpdf: out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	pertusus, tcallawa
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Description Marian Rehak 2019-12-02 12:20:06 UTC

Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9877.

External Reference:

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-16927.html

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2019-12-02 12:20:33 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1778743]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1778742]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-12-02 13:05:05 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.