NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xpdf (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-XPDF-607548
- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed6 Mar 2019
Introduced: 6 Mar 2019
CVE-2019-9589 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xpdf package and not the xpdf package as distributed by Debian.
There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc 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.