#VU30825 Out-of-bounds write in PDFResurrect - CVE-2019-14934 

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#VU30825 Out-of-bounds write in PDFResurrect - CVE-2019-14934

Published: August 12, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30825
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14934
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PDFResurrect
Software vendor:
Matt Davis

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value, which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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