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.

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

EPSS: 0.031 (86.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Documalis Free Pdf Editor — versions 5.7.2.26
Documalis Free_pdf_editor — versions 5.7.2.26
Documalis Free Pdf Scanner — versions 5.7.2.122
Documalis Free_pdf_scanner — versions 5.7.2.122

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@rapid7.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

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.