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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113752
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Xpdf <= 4.02 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities
Summary:Xpdf is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS); vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Xpdf is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS)
vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following vulnerabilities exist:

- CVE-2020-24996: Denial of service (DoS) in the pdftohtml binary because of an invalid memory
access in the function TextString::~
TextString() located in Catalog.cc.

- CVE-2020-24999: Denial of service (DoS) in the pdftohtml binary because of an invalid memory
access in the function fprintf located in Error.cc.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to crash the
application.

Affected Software/OS:
Xpdf through version 4.02.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year since
the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options
are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the
product by another one.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-24996
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42028
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-24999
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42029
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