CVE-2020-24999

7.8 highEPSS 1.1%

High (7.8) in xpdfreader xpdf. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

There is an invalid memory access in the function fprintf located in Error.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. It can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdftohtml binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2020-09-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

xpdfreader:xpdf

References

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42029
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42029

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