CVE-2021-39540

HIGH

pdftools < 2020-07-14 - Remote Code Execution via Stack Buffer Overflow in AnalyzePages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/leonhad/pdftools/issues/2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 59.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
pdftools_project/pdftools < 2020-07-14
Published Sep 20, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026