Buffer overflow in Documalis Free Pdf Editor

CVE-2020-7374

Documalis Free PDF Editor version 5.7.2.26 and Documalis Free PDF Scanner version 5.7.2.122 do not appropriately validate the contents of JPEG images contained within a PDF. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow on the stack and gain remote code execution as the user running the Documalis Free PDF Editor or Documalis Free PDF Scanner software.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-7374: held from 0.031 to 0.031.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7374?
CVE-2020-7374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Documalis Free Pdf Editor, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-7374?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7374 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.