CVE-2019-5066

CRITICAL

Aspose.PDF for C++ - Use-After-Free in LZW-Compressed Stream Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way LZW-compressed streams are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. A specially crafted PDF can cause a dangling heap pointer, resulting in a use-after-free condition. To trigger this vulnerability, a specifically crafted PDF document needs to be processed by the target application.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0855

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0238
EPSS Percentile 81.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (1)
aspose/aspose.pdf_for_c\+\+ 19.2
Published Sep 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026