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An issue has been found in function XRef::fetch in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service due to a stack overflow .
NVD Status: Modified ,CVE State: published
Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2020-19464
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-19464 is rated Exploit Available (50.1/100) : CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-19464
EDB-ID
Source
Kind
Published
Link
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nvd_ref
exploit_tag
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-19464
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
#
Date
Old EPSS score
New EPSS score
Delta (New - Old)
1
2025-10-27
0.27%
0.16%
-0.11%
2
2025-03-17
0.06%
0.27%
+0.21%
3
2023-03-07
—
0.06%
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Full EPSS history
(7 records total)
Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-19464
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
Base score
Version
Severity
Vector
Exploitability
Impact
Score source
5.5
3.1
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8
3.6
[email protected]
4.3
2.0
MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6
2.9
[email protected]
Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-19464
Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-19464
Vendor
Product
Version
Raw CPE
flowpaper
pdf2json
0.70
cpe:2.3:a:flowpaper:pdf2json:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References for CVE-2020-19464
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