CVE-2021-36493 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the pdfimages utility within xpdf versions 4.03 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely crash the application by providing a specially crafted command, resulting in a denial of service. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating significant potential impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.