VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7 Denial of Service via PDF Security
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long password string. Attackers can trigger a buffer overflow by entering a 3000-byte password in the PDF Security encryption fields, causing the application to crash when processing PCL files.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00124 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-25549
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6mp-gv4c-ph29
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More Verypdf vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-08584 VeryPDF 4.1 has a Memory Overflow leading to Code Execution because… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-25549 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25549 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f6mp-gv4c-ph29 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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