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CVE-2020-27778

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Published: Dec 3, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (3)

Freedesktop
1 product
Poppler
Redhat
1 product
Enterprise Linux
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Poppler
Before 0.76.0
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Enterprise Linux
Version 8.0
Configuration C
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 10.0

Related CWEs

CWE-824
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

References (4)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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