CVE-2021-25786 (GCVE-0-2021-25786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-11 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-09 17:50
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-09 17:50 UTC
CWE
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