CVE-2020-23878
Published: 10 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-23878 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Flowpaper Pdf2Json. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 35.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-16615
Vulnerability details
pdf2json v0.71 was discovered to contain a stack buffer overflow in the component XRef::fetch.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.