Encrypt PDF 2.3 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow
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
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.
Why it matters now
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-2019-25550
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v333-cpp7-h389
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
Sources
- CVE-2019-25550 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25550 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v333-cpp7-h389 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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