Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-23879

HighPublic PoC

Published: 10 November 2021

Published
10 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 56.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-23879 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Flowpaper Pdf2Json. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.2% 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

Vulnerability details

pdf2json v0.71 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference in the component ObjectStream::getObject.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

flowpaper
pdf2json
0.71

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References