CVE-2020-7818 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-7818

DaviewIndy Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

DaviewIndy 8.98.9 and earlier has a Heap-based overflow vulnerability, triggered when the user opens a malformed PDF file that is mishandled by Daview.exe. Attackers could exploit this and arbitrary code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Thanks for Namjun-Jo for reporting this vulnerability.

References

Affected Vendor

HumanTolk Co.Ltd

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Affected Software

DaviewIndy
Vulnerable Versions:
8.98.9 and earlier

Timeline

Official Publish: July 17th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact