CVE-2019-5042 is a Use-After-Free vulnerability affecting Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++ when processing FunctionType 0 PDF elements. A specially crafted PDF can lead to a dangling heap pointer, enabling a use-after-free condition. This vulnerability is rated 8.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be triggered remotely without user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
19.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aspose:aspose.pdf_for_c\+\+:19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.