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    CVE-2021-36978

    QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails.

    Published:Jan 4, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 20, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00079
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Qpdf Project
    Product
    Qpdf

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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