CVE-2020-23872

high

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in the function TextPage::restoreState of pdf2xml v2.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

References

https://github.com/kermitt2/pdf2xml/issues/10

https://github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2xml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00318