CVE-2019-5042: aspose aspose.pdf_for_c\+\+ Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-5042 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in aspose aspose.pdf_for_c\+\+. EPSS estimates a 2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 18-09-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An exploitable Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the way FunctionType 0 PDF elements are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. A specially crafted PDF can cause a dangling heap pointer, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker can send a malicious PDF to trigger this vulnerability.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.