High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-20740
CVE-2020-20740
Description
PDFResurrect before 0.20 lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version().
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Affected products
6- Range: <0.20
- cpe:2.3:a:pdfresurrect_project:pdfresurrect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <0.20
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- PDFResurrect/PDFResurrectdescription
Patches
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References
5- github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/1b422459f07353adce2878806d5247d9e91fb397nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/14nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOIEVFM3SIMAEOFJKKMYH2TLZ7PXLSUD/nvd
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