PT-2021-10955 · Pdf2Xml · Pdf2Xml

Aurorainfinity · Published 2021-11-10 · Updated 2022-10-26 · CVE-2020-23873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

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

Description: A heap-buffer overflow was discovered in the TextPage::dump() function. This issue may allow for potential exploitation.

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

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-23873

Affected Products

Pdf2Xml

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/kermitt2/pdf2xml/issues/11 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2xml · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-23873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23873 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32212 · Telegram Post
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html · Note