CVE-2019-13281 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in Xpdf 4.01.01's DCTStream::decodeImage() function, affecting products like fedoraproject and glyphandcog XpdfReader. This vulnerability, triggered by a crafted PDF document, carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its potential for denial of service, information leakage, and possibly other impacts. While it requires user interaction (UI:R) to open the malicious file, the attack complexity is low (AC:L). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low profile for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.01.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:4.01.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.