CVE-2019-13288

Exp

In Xpdf 4.01.01, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack. This is similar to CVE-2018-16646.

Published: 2019-07-04 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-13288 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.54%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-13288

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-13288

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 27.51% 31.54% +4.03%
2 2026-02-05 30.05% 27.51% -2.54%
3 2026-01-23 — 30.05% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-13288

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-13288

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-13288

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2019-13288 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13288
suse medium CVE-2019-13288 severity moderate: SUSE including 15 source package names (libpoppler-cpp0, libpoppler-devel, …), 152 product×package rows across 36 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (36 product lines)): Known Not Affected 146, Will Not Fix 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13288/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-13288 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ipe, libextractor, poppler, xpdf), 56 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 41, ignored 7, DNE 5, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13288

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-13288

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
glyphandcog xpdfreader 4.01.01 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:4.01.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-13288

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