CVE-2021-36978

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.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28262	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/dc92574c10f3e2516ec6445b88c5d584f40df4e5	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/qpdf/OSV-2020-2245.yaml	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/492
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-20

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf::::::::

History

15 Jan 2024, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		(MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-20 - (MISC) https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/492 -

Information

Published : 2021-07-20 07:15

Updated : 2024-01-15 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-36978

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

qpdf_project

qpdf

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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