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CVE-2020-20740

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-20740 describes a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in PDFResurrect before version 0.20, stemming from insufficient header validation in the pdf_get_version() function. This flaw affects various distributions including Debian and Fedora, impacting the PDFResurrect utility. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, typically via a malicious PDF file. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdfresurrect_project:pdfresurrect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/1b422459f07353adce2878806d5247d9e91fb397
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/14
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOIEVFM3SIMAEOFJKKMYH2TLZ7PXLSUD