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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-25725
In Xpdf 4.02, SplashOutputDev::endType3Char(GfxState *state) SplashOutputDev.cc:3079 is trying to use...
Vulnerability Description
In Xpdf 4.02, SplashOutputDev::endType3Char(GfxState *state) SplashOutputDev.cc:3079 is trying to use the freed `t3GlyphStack->cache`, which causes an `heap-use-after-free` problem. The codes of a previous fix for nested Type 3 characters wasn't correctly handling the case where a Type 3 char referred to another char in the same Type 3 font.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41915
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25725
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZUU5QG6SSVRTKZTR3A72LDRVZETEI63/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLOYVJSM54IL6I5RY4QTJGRS7PIEG44X/
Affected Vendor
Glyph & Cog
View all reports →Affected Software
xpdf
Vulnerable Versions:
4.02
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 21st, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H