CVE-2019-5042

An exploitable Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the way FunctionType 0 PDF elements are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. A specially crafted PDF can cause a dangling heap pointer, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker can send a malicious PDF to trigger this vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - talos-cna@cisco.com

Published

2019-09-18

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Aspose.pdf For C++ (Aspose)
• Aspose.pdf For C (Talos)

References

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0809