What is CVE-2020-23876?

CVE-2020-23876 is a high-severity vulnerability in Science-Miner Pdf2xml, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-23876?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Science-Miner Pdf2xml

CVE-2020-23876

pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.

Published 2021-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Science-Miner Pdf2xml — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2xml (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/kermitt2/pdf2xml/issues/14 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23876?: CVE-2020-23876 is a high-severity vulnerability in Science-Miner Pdf2xml, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-23876?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.