01 Record
CVE-2019-12515
There is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function FlateStream::getChar() located at Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
There is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function FlateStream::getChar() located at Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-06-01 23:39Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-06-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 83861156535aa2627aa7a5580819fa6dd13d6ff36d69ae101585e5535050f11b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/out-of-bounds-read-in-FlateStream__getChar
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a457286734https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWEWFUVITPA3Y6F4A5SJSROKYT7PRH7Q/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-01da705767https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNIJWRYTCLGV35WGIHYTMMOPEEOOTIPT/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-759ba8202bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJJD7X3ES7ZHJUY2R3DAVCJPV23R64VK/