Is CVE-2020-27778 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-27778 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-27778?

CVE-2020-27778 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-27778?

CVE-2020-27778 has an EPSS score of 2.17% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27778?

Upgrade poppler on debian 11 to 0.85.0-2 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-27778

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

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.

CWE-824

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:0.85.0-2CVE-2020-27778

libpoppler58Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15USN-4646-1

libpoppler73Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11USN-4646-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15USN-4646-1

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11USN-4646-1

poppler-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15USN-4646-1

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11USN-4646-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory1

lists.debian.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.