Bug 2088236 (CVE-2021-27548)

Summary:	CVE-2021-27548 xpdf: a Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the XFAScanner::scanNode() function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	pertusus, spotrh
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Description Sandipan Roy 2022-05-19 04:11:08 UTC

There is a Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the XFAScanner::scanNode() function in XFAScanner.cc in xpdf 4.03.

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42115

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-05-19 04:11:31 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2088238]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2088237]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-05-19 08:38:50 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.