Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pdfresurrect package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PDFRESURRECT-1137591
  • published24 Nov 2020
  • disclosed20 Nov 2020

Introduced: 20 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-20740  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 pdfresurrect.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdfresurrect package and not the pdfresurrect package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version().

CVSS Scores

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