PT-2021-10954 · Pdf2Xml · Pdf2Xml

Aurorainfinity · Published 2021-11-10 · Updated 2021-11-12 · CVE-2020-23872

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: pdf2xml version 2.0

Description: A NULL pointer dereference in the TextPage::restoreState function allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

Recommendations: For pdf2xml version 2.0, consider disabling the TextPage::restoreState function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-23872

Affected Products

Pdf2Xml

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/kermitt2/pdf2xml/issues/10 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2xml · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-23872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23872 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32225 · Telegram Post