| Name | CVE-2021-27548 |
| Description | There is a Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the XFAScanner::scanNode() function in XFAScanner.cc in xpdf 4.03. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1011333 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| texlive-bin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2014.20140926.35254-6+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 2018.20181218.49446-1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2023.20230311.66589-9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bullseye] - texlive-bin <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[buster] - texlive-bin <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - texlive-bin <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42115
embeds http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
PoC crashes pdftosrc binary.
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
[jessie] - texlive-bin <not-affected> (xpdf not embedded before bookworm)