CVE-2020-27778

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-27778
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-12-03T17:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-09-28T20:36:37
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.76.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900712 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 17:35:13 2020-12-03T17:15Z 2020-12-03T17:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 17:35:13 2022-09-28T20:36:37 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 17:35:13 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-05 17:35:17 References updated