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FKIE_CVE-2024-56522

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-27 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:12
Summary
An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.8.0. unserializeTCPDFtag uses != (aka loose comparison) and does not use a constant-time function to compare TCPDF tag hashes.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tcpdf_project tcpdf *

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:12:17.787",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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      "url": "https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/d54b97cec33f4f1a5ad81119a82085cad93cec89"
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