CVE-2019-12958

Description

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C::convertToType0 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc when it is trying to access the second privateDicts array element, because the privateDicts array has only one element allocated.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xpdf	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
ipe	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
libextractor	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
poppler	23.04 lunar	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	21.10 impish	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	19.04 disco	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

xpdf in koffice is 2.0

mdeslaur

looks like CVE-2017-14976 in poppler

ebarretto

since 0.5.12-1 libextractor does not use xpdf anymore. xpdf in Debian uses poppler, which is not affected or fixed

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
poppler	Upstream: da63c35

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H