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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2021-39543

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in pdftools through 20200714. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function Analyze::AnalyzeRoot() located in analyze.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
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  • PARTIAL

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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