CVE-2019-5042

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8

Description

An exploitable Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the way FunctionType 0 PDF elements are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. A specially crafted PDF can cause a dangling heap pointer, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker can send a malicious PDF to trigger this vulnerability.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-5042

Assigner
talos-cna@cisco.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-09-18T21:15:13

Last Modified Date
2022-06-27T17:24:58

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-416	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:aspose:aspose.pdf_for_c\+\+:19.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0809	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5042
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5042

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:12				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 02:55:07	2019-09-18T21:15Z	2019-09-18T21:15:13	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 02:55:07		2022-06-27T17:24:58	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 02:55:07		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated