Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pdfcrack package, versions <0.19-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-PDFCRACK-5769201
  • published10 Jul 2023
  • disclosed6 Jul 2023

Introduced: 6 Jul 2023

CVE-2020-22336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 pdfcrack to version 0.19-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdfcrack package and not the pdfcrack package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in pdfcrack 0.17 thru 0.18, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stack overflow in the MD5 function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1