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CVE-2020-27778

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.17% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-12-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2020-27778
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.17%

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in Poppler in the way certain PDF files were converted into HTML. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by the 'pdftohtml' program, would crash the application causing a denial of service.

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