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Use After Free

CVE-2021-30469

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

A flaw was found in PoDoFo through version 0.9.7. An use-after-free in "PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Clear()" function can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published