What is CVE-2020-9549?

CVE-2020-9549 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pdfresurrect Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-9549?

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

Is CVE-2020-9549 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Pdfresurrect Project

CVE-2020-9549

In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.1th 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

Pdfresurrect_project Pdfresurrect
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9549?: CVE-2020-9549 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pdfresurrect Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-9549?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-9549 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.