Security Advisory

CVE-2019-5046

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date October 9, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory