CVE-2019-25550 (GCVE-0-2019-25550)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-21 12:46 – Updated: 2026-03-23 16:38
VLAI?
Title
Encrypt PDF 2.3 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow
Summary
Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields. Attackers can paste a 1000-byte buffer into the User Password or Master Password field in the Settings dialog to trigger an application crash when importing PDF files.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Verypdf Encrypt PDF Affected: 2.3
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Date Public ?
2019-05-20 00:00
Credits
Alejandra Sánchez
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