A vulnerability, which was classified as critical , has been found in VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7 . This impacts an unknown function of the component PCL File Parser . This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-25549 . The attack can only be executed locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
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VDB-352340 · CVE-2019-25549 · EXPLOIT 46872
VERYPDF PCL CONVERTER 2.7 PCL FILE PARSER OUT-OF-BOUNDS WRITE
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
4.6 $0-$5k 1.02+
Summaryinfo
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7. Affected is an unknown function of the component PCL File Parser. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-25549. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability was found in VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PCL File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long password string. Attackers can trigger a buffer overflow by entering a 3000-byte password in the PDF Security encryption fields, causing the application to crash when processing PCL files.
The weakness was published by Alejandra Sánchez as 46872. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-25549 since 03/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46872).
Productinfo
Vendor
VeryPDF
Name
PCL Converter
Version
2.7
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo
03/21/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/21/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
03/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Advisory: 46872
Researcher: Alejandra Sánchez
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-25549 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-25549
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-352340
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entryinfo
Created: 03/21/2026 15:49
Changes: 03/21/2026 15:49 (80)
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Cache ID: 99:5B3:101
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