CVE-2019-12957

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C::convertToType1 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc when the index number is larger than the charset array bounds. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges

[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.01.01"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "30"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "31"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "32"
            }
        ]
    }
]

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-12957.json"