VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-9549
In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.
- 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
- 1.38% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- pdfresurrect project/pdfresurrect · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% 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/issues/8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.