CVE-2019-12515: Glyphandcog Xpdfreader

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 pdftoppm tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Information Disclosure or a denial of service.

Affected products

• Glyphandcog Xpdfreader: version 4.01.01 only

Published 2019-06-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.