Infinite loop in PDFResurrect
Priority LOW 26CWE-835Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
A flaw was found in PDFResurrect in version 0.22b. There is an infinite loop in get_xref_linear_skipped() in pdf.c via a crafted PDF file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00693 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | PDFResurrect | PDFResurrect 0.23b | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- PDFResurrect Vendor— Affected PDFResurrect 0.23b Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pdfresurrect_project:pdfresurrect:0.22b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.22b | Vulnerable | Pdfresurrect Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:pdfresurrect_project:pdfresurrect:0.22b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.22b Vulnerable ·Pdfresurrect Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3508
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wx33-xp59-j4ch
References
More Pdfresurrect Project Pdfresurrect vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-10623 PDFResurrect 0.15 has a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file because data associated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-07637 In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-13924 PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version(). CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-11133 An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-3508 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-3508 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wx33-xp59-j4ch · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-3508 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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