CVE-2019-14267 — PDFResurrect 0

PDFResurrect 0.15 has a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file because data associated with startxref and %%EOF is mishandled.

01What is this vulnerability?

PDFResurrect 0.15 has a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file because data associated with startxref and %%EOF is mishandled.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-29T15:13:49.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:12:43.407Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commits/master
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153767/pdfresurrect-0.15-Buffer-Overflow.ht…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• github.com — https://github.com/snappyJack/pdfresurrect_CVE-2019-14267