CVE-2019-9878

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    CVE-2019-9878

    Published: 21 Mar 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: There is an invalid memory access in the function GfxIndexedColorSpace::mapColorToBase() located in GfxState.cc in Xpdf 4.0.0, as used in pdfalto 0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) 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.

    References: https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/46, https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gfxindexedcolorspacemapcolortobase-pdfalto-0-2/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- dea10fda1261a5849da04f727d53e27406be8e97
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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