VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-27778

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.20%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-12-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

secalert@redhat.com: CWE-824
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-824

Primary references

secalert@redhat.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory