VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-20740
PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version().
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.19%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version().
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.19% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- pdfresurrect project/pdfresurrect · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/1b422459f07353adce2878806d5247d9e91fb397Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/14Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOIEVFM3SIMAEOFJKKMYH2TLZ7PXLSUD/
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/1b422459f07353adce2878806d5247d9e91fb397Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/14Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOIEVFM3SIMAEOFJKKMYH2TLZ7PXLSUD/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.