VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5066
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way LZW-compressed streams are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way LZW-compressed streams are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. A specially crafted PDF can cause a dangling heap pointer, resulting in a use-after-free condition. To trigger this vulnerability, a specifically crafted PDF document needs to be processed by the target application.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.38% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- aspose/aspose.pdf for c\+\+
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0855Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0855Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.