CVE-2020-25725

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-25725
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-21 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-13 21:27:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Xpdf 4.02, SplashOutputDev::endType3Char(GfxState *state) SplashOutputDev.cc:3079 is trying to use the freed `t3GlyphStack->cache`, which causes an `heap-use-after-free` problem. The codes of a previous fix for nested Type 3 characters wasn't correctly handling the case where a Type 3 char referred to another char in the same Type 3 font.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.02 All All All
Application Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.02 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1899520 – (CVE-2020-25725) CVE-2020-25725 xpdf: sending crafted a PDF document to the pdftops tool could result in DoS CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: xpdf-4.03-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xpdf-4.03-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xpdf-4.03-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: xpdf-4.03-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
heap-use-after-free in method SplashOutputDev::endType3Char - forum.xpdfreader.com MISC forum.xpdfreader.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501723 Alpine Linux Security Update for xpdf
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