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Description

Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields. Attackers can paste a 1000-byte buffer into the User Password or Master Password field in the Settings dialog to trigger an application crash when importing PDF files.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-21 | Published 2026-03-21 | Updated 2026-03-23 | 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

Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

2.3
affected

Credits

Alejandra Sánchez finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46871 (ExploitDB-46871) exploit

www.verypdf.com (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...f-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow (VulnCheck Advisory: Encrypt PDF 2.3 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2019-25550)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2019-25550)

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