| Name | CVE-2019-9878 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xpdf (PTS) | buster | 3.04-13 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.04+git20210103-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.04+git20220601-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.04+git20240202-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xpdf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- xpdf <not-affected> (xpdf in Debian uses poppler, which is not affected or fixed)