Vulnerability · Published Sep 3, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24996
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the ipe package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftohtml binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42028 x_refsource_MISC