Bug 1778741 (CVE-2019-16927) - CVE-2019-16927 xpdf: out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc
Summary: CVE-2019-16927 xpdf: out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextP...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2019-16927
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1778742 1778743
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-12-02 12:20 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2021-02-16 20:56 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-12-02 13:05:05 UTC
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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.
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