CVE-2019-12957: Fedoraproject Fedora

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 30 only; version 31 only; version 32 only
• Glyphandcog Xpdfreader: version 4.01.01 only

Published 2019-06-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.