CVE-2020-23872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in the function TextPage::restoreState of pdf2xml v2.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

Published: 2021-11-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:science-miner:pdf2xml:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-16609	A NULL pointer dereference in the function TextPage::restoreState of pdf2xml v2.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00336.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2xml
https://github.com/kermitt2/pdf2xml/issues/10

History

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Subscriptions

Science-miner Pdf2xml

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-11-10T21:25:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:05:11.388Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-23872

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-10T22:15:07.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:14:09.087

Link: CVE-2020-23872

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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