MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-7374

Free Pdf Editor vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Documalis Free PDF Editor version 5.7.2.26 and Documalis Free PDF Scanner version 5.7.2.122 do not appropriately validate the contents of JPEG images contained within a PDF. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow on the stack and gain remote code execution as the user running the Documalis Free PDF Editor or Documalis Free PDF Scanner software.
Affected vendor
Documalis
Affected product
Free Pdf Editor
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2020-08-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-7374

  • Confirm whether Documalis Free Pdf Editor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-7374.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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