CVE-2020-27778

A flaw was found in Poppler in the way certain PDF files were converted into HTML. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by the 'pdftohtml' program, would crash the application causing a denial of service.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900712	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-12-03 17:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08

NVD link : CVE-2020-27778

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27778

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-27778

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

redhat

enterprise_linux

freedesktop

poppler

CWE

CWE-824

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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