CVE-2024-28699 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in pdf2json v0.70 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the GString::copy() and ImgOutputDev::ImgOutputDev function.

Published: 2024-04-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00162.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://pdf2json.com
https://github.com/flexpaper/pdf2json
https://github.com/flexpaper/pdf2json/issues/52

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Json Json pdf2json
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:json:pdf2json:0.70:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Json Json pdf2json
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Json Pdf2json

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:56:58.158Z

Reserved: 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-28699

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:56:58.158Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-22T15:15:47.757

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-28699

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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