CVE-2020-20740
PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version().
02 Description
PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version().
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-11-20 18:16Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 14:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 37a72b1195becd8bdef62ea58878fd3a0384cf65334f0e8072d08f4ef5c036aa
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/14
- github.comhttps://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/1b422459f07353adce2878806d5247d9e91fb397
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201201 [SECURITY] [DLA 2475-1] pdfresurrect security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-92195be0e2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOIEVFM3SIMAEOFJKKMYH2TLZ7PXLSUD/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-e9f9bb77a0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pdfresurrect Fixed in 0.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdfresurrect Fixed in 0.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdfresurrect Fixed in 0.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- pdfresurrect No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- pdfresurrect Fixed in 0.12-6ubuntu0.2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- pdfresurrect Fixed in 0.14-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- pdfresurrect Fixed in 0.19-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.