CVE-2020-23872

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    CVE-2020-23872

    Published: 10 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A NULL pointer dereference in the function TextPage::restoreState of pdf2xml v2.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

    References: https://github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2xml, https://github.com/kermitt2/pdf2xml/issues/10

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2fd9893f03c60dc38d0f17a9174d6e44184eb7ac
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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