TI-2019-07256 Aliases CVE-2019-9877 GHSA-3pv6-grgx-9mv9

There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps()…

LOW 36CWE-125Published 2019-03-19 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01141 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.0.1:::::::*	4.0.1	Vulnerable	Xpdfreader

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Xpdfreader

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-9877
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3pv6-grgx-9mv9

References

Exploit 1

https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-textpagefindgaps-xpdf-4-01/

Advisory 1

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41265

TI-2021-11232 Integer overflow in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2024-03046 Stack overflow in Xpdf 4.05 due to object loop in attachments CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2024-03045 Stack overflow in Xpdf 4.05 due to object loop in PDF object stream CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2023-02492 Stack overflow in Xpdf 4.04 due to object loop in PDF embedded file tree CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2022-22500 Stack overflow vulnerability in function gmalloc in goo/gmem.cc in xpdf 4.04, allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2022-22499 Stack overflow vulnerability in function Dict::find in xpdf/Dict.cc in xpdf 4.04, allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

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Sources

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