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Description

PDFunite 0.41.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed PDF files during merge operations. Attackers can trigger a segmentation fault in the XRef::getEntry function within libpoppler by providing a specially crafted PDF file to the pdfunite utility.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-29 | Published 2026-04-29 | Updated 2026-04-30 | Assigner VulnCheck




MEDIUM: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
MEDIUM: 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Product status

0.41.0
affected

Credits

Hamm3r.py finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44490 (ExploitDB-44490) exploit

launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+package/poppler-utils (Official Product Homepage) product

launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2 (Product Reference) product

www.vulncheck.com/...unite-buffer-overflow-via-malformed-pdf (VulnCheck Advisory: PDFunite 0.41.0 Buffer Overflow via Malformed PDF) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2018-25306)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2018-25306)

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