Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-27548

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 18 May 2022

Published
18 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.3th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-27548 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

There is a Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the XFAScanner::scanNode() function in XFAScanner.cc in xpdf 4.03.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

xpdfreader
xpdf
4.03

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References