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Vulnerability CVE-2020-24996
Published: 2020-09-03 Modified: 2020-09-04
| 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. |
Type:
CWE-665 (Improper Initialization)
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
6.8/10 |
6.4/10 |
8.6/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Medium |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
Partial |
Partial |
References: |
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42028
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