CVE-2019-25550 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-25550

Encrypt PDF 2.3 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Alejandra Sánchez

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Encrypt PDF
Vulnerable Versions:
2.3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 21st, 2026
Last Modified: March 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact