CVE-2025-14401

NameCVE-2025-14401
DescriptionPDFsam Enhanced App Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of App objects. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-27260.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pdfsam (PTS)bullseye4.2.2-1fixed
bookworm4.3.4-1fixed
forky, sid, trixie4.3.4-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pdfsamsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- pdfsam <not-affected> (Specific to PDFsam Enhanced)

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