CVE-2019-14294 — An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is a use-after-free in the function JPXStream::fillReadBuf at JPXStream.cc, due to an out of bounds read.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is a use-after-free in the function JPXStream::fillReadBuf at JPXStream.cc, due to an out of bounds read.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-27T18:40:27.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:12:43.337Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/4.01.01
• forum.xpdfreader.com — https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41851