Bug 2166998 (CVE-2021-36493) - CVE-2021-36493 xpdf: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in pdfimages
Summary: CVE-2021-36493 xpdf: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in pdfimages
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-36493
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2167000 2166999
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-02-03 21:50 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2023-02-09 20:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-02-09 20:36:50 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-02-03 21:50:49 UTC 
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in pdfimages in xpdf 4.03 allows attackers to crash the application via crafted command.

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42160
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2023-02-03 21:51:09 UTC 
Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2167000]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2166999]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-02-09 20:36:48 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.
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