CVE-2020-24999

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

1%p63

Published

Sep 3, 2020 (Sep 3, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

There is an invalid memory access in the function fprintf located in Error.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. It can be triggered by 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.

Vendors: xpdfreader
Products: xpdf
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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