CVE-2019-13288

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.046 · 92 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

4.56% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-674USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Fineas/CVE-2019-13288-POCFineas/CVE-2019-13288-POCPoC · poc_in_github
WildWestCyberSecurity/CVE-2019-13288Replicated using afl fuzzer instrumentation! Shoutz to antonio-morales.PoC · poc_in_github
gleaming0/CVE-2019-13288gleaming0/CVE-2019-13288PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source xpdfall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:4.01.01
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
glyphandcog xpdfreader= 4.01.01nvdUScpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0473xpdf: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-07-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in xpdf ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder sonstige Angriffe mit unbekannten Auswirkungen durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-07-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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