CVE-2021-39541

MEDIUM

pdftools < 2020-07-14 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in AnalyzeXref

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/leonhad/pdftools/issues/3

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 44.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
pdftools_project/pdftools < 2020-07-14
Published Sep 20, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026