CVE-2021-25786

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

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

References

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/492Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/492Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 11, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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