UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3508

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3508

    Published: 28 Apr 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3508
    Aliases:
    USN-5282-1

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in PDFResurrect in version 0.22b. There is an infinite loop in get_xref_linear_skipped() in pdf.c via a crafted PDF file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3508, https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/17, https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/7e35d1806e111fd28610ccc86bb33f54792ac370, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5282-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3508

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pdfresurrect

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdfresurrect?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.12-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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