CVE-2019-13291

Exp

In Xpdf 4.01.01, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function DCTStream::readScan() located at Stream.cc. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Information Disclosure.

Published: 2019-07-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-13291 is rated Exploit Available (59.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-13291

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-13291

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 2026-06-15 0.24% 1.10% +0.85%
2 2025-03-30 0.48% 0.24% -0.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-13291

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:H/I:N/A:N 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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-13291

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-13291

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2019-13291 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-2019-13291
suse low CVE-2019-13291 severity low: SUSE including 11 source package names (libpoppler-cpp0, libpoppler-devel, …), 71 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, … (21 product lines)): Known Not Affected 71. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13291/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-13291 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-2019-13291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-13291

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

References for CVE-2019-13291

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