CVE-2021-39542

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in pdftools through 20200714. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function Font::Size() located in font.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 20, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-39542: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix