Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-36978 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Qpdf Project Qpdf

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
qpdf-project
CWE-787
NVD
Published: 2021-07-20
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Qpdf_Project
11

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References