2020-19473 | PDF2JSON Exception decodeImage denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in PDF2JSON 0.70. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function DCTStream::decodeImage
of the component Exception Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
An issue has been found in function DCTStream::decodeImage in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service due to an uncaught floating point exception.
The weakness was disclosed 07/22/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-19473 since 08/13/2020. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Partially
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08/13/2020 CVE assigned
07/22/2021 Advisory disclosed
07/22/2021 VulDB entry created
07/26/2021 VulDB last updateAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-19473 (🔒)
Created: 07/22/2021 06:14
Updated: 07/26/2021 13:23
Changes: (2) source_cve_assigned source_cve_nvd_summary
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