CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-28699

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.37%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in pdf2json version 0.70 in the GString::copy() and ImgOutputDev::ImgOutputDev functions. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential system compromise by a local user, leading to privilege escalation and data integrity violation.

Recommendation

Immediately update pdf2json to the latest available version that patches this vulnerability. Also restrict local system access to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A buffer overflow vulnerability in pdf2json v0.70 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the GString::copy() and ImgOutputDev::ImgOutputDev function.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS