CVE-2019-13281: Fedoraproject Fedora

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

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer overflow could be triggered in DCTStream::decodeImage() in Stream.cc when writing to frameBuf memory. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftotext tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service, an information leak, or possibly unspecified other impact.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 29 only; version 30 only; version 31 only
• Glyphandcog Xpdfreader: version 4.01.01 only

Published 2019-07-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.