What is CVE-2020-35702?

CVE-2020-35702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-12-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-35702?

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

Is CVE-2020-35702 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2020-35702

DCTStream::getChars in DCTStream.cc in Poppler 20.12.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted PDF document. NOTE: later reports indicate that this only affects builds from Poppler git clones in late December 2020, not the 20.12.1 r…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 20.12.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35702?: CVE-2020-35702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-12-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-35702?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35702 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.