Application crash via null DataPool receiver
Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Sep 15, 2025
Null pointer dereference in SumatraPDF 3.5.2 allows attackers to crash the application through a crafted DjVu file. During recursive DjVu chunk processing, DataPool::connect calls DataPool::has_data on an invalid DataPool object whose this pointer is null, and the method reads an offset from that pointer. A user must open the attacker-supplied file; the demonstrated consequence is an access violation that terminates the desktop process.
Summary
What happened
Null pointer dereference in SumatraPDF 3.5.2 allows attackers to crash the application through a crafted DjVu file. During recursive DjVu chunk processing, DataPool::connect calls DataPool::has_data on an invalid DataPool object whose this pointer is null, and the method reads an offset from that pointer. A user must open the attacker-supplied file; the demonstrated consequence is an access violation that terminates the desktop process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-57248
- Published
- Sep 15, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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