Resource exhaustion in Flowpaper Pdf2json
CVE-2020-19464
An issue has been found in function XRef::fetch in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service due to a stack overflow .
EPSS: 0.007 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Flowpaper Pdf2json — versions 0.70
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-19464?
- CVE-2020-19464 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flowpaper Pdf2json, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-07-21.
- How severe is CVE-2020-19464?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-19464 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.