Is CVE-2020-19470 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-19470 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-19470?

CVE-2020-19470 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2020-19470?

Patch guidance is available from flowpaper security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-19470.

CVE-2020-19470 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

An issue has been found in function DCTStream::getChar in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service due to a NULL pointer dereference (invalid read of size 1) .

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FLOWPAPER
Published: 7/21/2021
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2020-19470

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