What is CVE-2020-23680?

CVE-2020-23680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Text2pdf Project. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2020-23680?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Text2pdf Project

CVE-2020-23680

An issue was discovered in function StartPage in text2pdf.c in pdfcorner text2pdf 1.1, allows attackers to cause denial of service or possibly other undisclosed impacts.

Published 2021-11-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Text2pdf Project — versions 1.1

References

github.com/philips/text2pdf/issues/1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/ (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23680?: CVE-2020-23680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Text2pdf Project. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2020-23680?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.