CVE-2024-56139 (GCVE-0-2024-56139)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-17 18:32 – Updated: 2024-12-20 20:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
A stack overflow Segmentation Fault (SEGV) and Memory Leak in pdftools
Summary
pdftools is a high level tools to convert PDF files to ePUB formats. In versions up to and including 0.5.0 maliciously crafted epub files can cause a stack overflow leading to a crash. This issue has not yet been addressed and users are advised to avoid untrusted input to their systems.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-20 20:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/leonhad/pdftools/security/advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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