{"cve":"CVE-2020-27778","nvd":{"published":"2020-12-03T17:15:13.097","modified":"2026-06-17T03:09:37.583","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-824"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900712","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900712","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","freedesktop:poppler","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:11:20.317016139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-27778","score":0.02201,"percentile":0.82524,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}