VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5046

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A specifically crafted jpeg2000 file embedded in a PDF file can lead to a heap corruption when opening a PDF document in NitroPDF 12.12.1.522. With careful memory manipulation, this can lead to arbitrary code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the victim would need to open the malicious file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references