CVE-2020-27778
Published: 25 November 2020
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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poppler Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11)
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| focal |
Not vulnerable
(0.86.1-0ubuntu1)
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| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
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| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(0.85.0-2)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15)
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Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/30c731b487190c02afff3f036736a392eb60cd9a |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |