Vulnerability · CVE-2019-25550
Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields.
Published Mar 21, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · encrypt pdf
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2019-25550. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of encrypt pdf is installed.
- Severity
- Medium6.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.18%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe verypdf/encrypt pdf
Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields. Attackers can paste a 1000-byte buffer into the User Password or Master Password field in the Settings dialog to trigger an application crash when importing PDF files.
Are you affected?
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- cpe verypdf/encrypt pdf2.3
How to fix CVE-2019-25550
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2019-25550. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of encrypt pdf is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with verypdf/encrypt pdf 2.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 21, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields. Attackers can paste a 1000-byte buffer into the User Password or Master Password field in the Settings dialog to trigger an application crash when importing PDF files.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields. Attackers can paste a 1000-byte buffer into the User Password or Master Password field in the Settings dialog to trigger an application crash when importing PDF files.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25550
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-25550
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25550
Encrypt PDF 2.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting excessively long strings into password fields. Attackers can paste a 1000-byte buffer into the User Password or Master Password field in the Settings dialog
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.