CVE-2020-24996

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-24996
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-03 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-11 17:25:00 UTC
DescriptionThere 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-665

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.0.2 All All All
Application Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.0.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
A SEGV in TextString.cc:47 in xpdf-4.02 - forum.xpdfreader.com MISC forum.xpdfreader.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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