VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-24996

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftohtml binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-665

Primary references