High
texlive-bin — security advisory
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.
- Products
- texlive-bin
- Affected versions
- 2015.20150524.37493-5build1, 2015.20150524.37493-7, 2015.20150524.37493-7build1, 2015.20150524.37493-7build4, 2015.20160222.37495-1, 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1, 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 2017.20170613.44572-5build1, 2017.20170613.44572-5build2, 2017.20170613.44572-6, 2017.20170613.44572-6build1, 2017.20170613.44572-6ubuntu1, 2017.20170613.44572-8build1, 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1, 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2, 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1, 2019.20190605.51237-2build1, 2019.20190605.51237-3, 2019.20190605.51237-3build1, 2019.20190605.51237-3build2, 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.1, 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2, 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1, 2020.20200327.54578-7, 2020.20200327.54578-7build1, 2021.20210626.59705-1, 2021.20210626.59705-1build1, 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1, 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2, 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.3, 2023.20230311.66589-6, 2023.20230311.66589-7, 2023.20230311.66589-8, 2023.20230311.66589-8build1, 2023.20230311.66589-9, 2023.20230311.66589-9build2, 2023.20230311.66589-9build3, 2024.20240313.70630+ds-6, 2024.20240313.70630+ds-6ubuntu2, 2025.20250727.75242+ds-4ubuntu2, 2025.20250727.75242+ds-5, 2025.20250727.75242+ds-5build1, 2026.20260303.78225+ds-4, 2026.20260303.78225+ds-5ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-9588
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9588
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Complete source record
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