CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-30469

Use After Free

Published: May 26, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Podofo Podofo_project 0.9.7 (including) 0.9.7 (including)
Libpodofo Ubuntu bionic *
Libpodofo Ubuntu focal *
Libpodofo Ubuntu groovy *
Libpodofo Ubuntu hirsute *
Libpodofo Ubuntu impish *
Libpodofo Ubuntu kinetic *
Libpodofo Ubuntu lunar *
Libpodofo Ubuntu mantic *
Libpodofo Ubuntu oracular *
Libpodofo Ubuntu trusty *
Libpodofo Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Libpodofo Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References