Medium severity · published May 26, 2021
CVE-2021-30469
A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7
5.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. An use-after-free in PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Clear() function can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
podofo ·
PoDoFo 0.9.7 · source: vendor, NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30469
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30469
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947433
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