Invalid Memory Access Vulnerability in gAtomicIncrement() in Xpdf 4.01

Invalid Memory Access Vulnerability in gAtomicIncrement() in Xpdf 4.01

CVE-2019-9588 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

There is an Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement() located at GMutex.h in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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