CVE-2021-36978
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
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
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.27%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 69
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28262
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/qpdf/OSV-2020-2245.yaml
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/dc92574c10f3e2516ec6445b88c5d584f40df4e5
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/492
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-20
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28262
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/qpdf/OSV-2020-2245.yaml
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/dc92574c10f3e2516ec6445b88c5d584f40df4e5
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/492
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-20
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