CVE-2021-39540 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in pdftools through 20200714. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the function Analyze::AnalyzePages() located in analyze.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/leonhad/pdftools/issues/2

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8