CVE-2020-24996

CWE-6658 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.2%
top 53.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Xpdfreader Xpdf
Timeline
PublishedSep 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftohtml binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDxpdfreader/xpdf4.0.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fm37-c276-3p6g: There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-24996: There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog↗2020-09-03
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CVEList
CVE-2020-24996: There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog↗2020-09-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2020-24996: xpdf - There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() loca...↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24996 xpdf: invalid memory access in TextString::~TextString() allows for a DoS [fedora-all]↗2020-09-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24996 xpdf: invalid memory access in TextString::~TextString() allows for a DoS↗2020-09-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24996 xpdf: invalid memory access in TextString::~TextString() allows for a DoS [epel-all]↗2020-09-08
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CVE-2020-24996 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | There is an invalid memory access i | cvebase.io