CVE-2021-39538 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting pdftools through version 20200714, stemming from a NULL pointer dereference in the objnode.cpp file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious PDF) to trigger, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2020-07-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pdftools_project:pdftools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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.