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CVE-2019-5050

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

A specifically crafted PDF file can lead to a heap corruption when opened 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.

Affected products

• NitroPDF: 12.12.1.522

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0819
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0819

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