CVE-2020-9549
Published: 02 March 2020
In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that PDFResurrect incorrectly handled certain memory operations during PDF summary generation. An attacker could use this to cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in a denial of service (system crash) or arbitrary code execution.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
pdfresurrect Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(0.20-1)
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Not vulnerable
(0.20-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(0.20-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(0.12-6ubuntu0.2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|