PT-2021-22623 · Pdftools · Pdftools

Published 2021-09-20 · Updated 2021-09-24 · CVE-2021-39540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: pdftools versions prior to 20200714

Description: An issue exists in the function Analyze::AnalyzePages() located in analyze.cpp, which allows an attacker to cause code execution due to a stack-buffer-overflow.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 20200714, update to a version released after 20200714 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-39540

Affected Products

Pdftools

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/leonhad/pdftools/issues/2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39540 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39540 · Vendor Advisory