CVE-2020-27778

High

Description

A flaw was found in Poppler in the way certain PDF files were converted into HTML. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by the 'pdftohtml' program, would crash the application causing a denial of service.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductFreedesktop Poppler
PublishedDec 3, 2020
First seenDec 3, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-824CWE-824

How to fix

Update
  • freedesktop poppler0.76.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freedesktop popplerv < 0.76.00.76.0
redhat enterprise_linux8.0—
debian debian_linux10.0—

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