CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-39542

An issue was discovered in pdftools through 20200714. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function Font::Size() located in font.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/leonhad/pdftools/issues/5 Exploit Issue Tracking
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:pdftools_project:pdftools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-09-20 04:15

Updated : 2021-09-24 08:06

NVD link : CVE-2021-39542

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39542

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476