CVE-2019-5053 - An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Length parsing function of NitroPDF

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HIGH

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Length parsing function of NitroPDF

Published Oct 9, 2019

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.33%

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Length parsing function of NitroPDF. A specially crafted PDF can cause a type confusion, resulting in a use-after-free condition. An attacker can craft a malicious PDF to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product NitroPDF Default
n/a
- Version
  NitroPDF 12.2.1.522
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

NitroPDF

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
NitroPDF 12.2.1.522	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (1)

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0830
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0830		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner talos

Published Oct 9, 2019

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 4, 2019

Link CVE-2019-5053

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-5053

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-5053