CVE-2020-25725

MEDIUM

Xpdf 4.02 - Use-After-Free in SplashOutputDev Type 3 Char Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Xpdf 4.02, SplashOutputDev::endType3Char(GfxState *state) SplashOutputDev.cc:3079 is trying to use the freed `t3GlyphStack->cache`, which causes an `heap-use-after-free` problem. The codes of a previous fix for nested Type 3 characters wasn't correctly handling the case where a Type 3 char referred to another char in the same Type 3 font.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41915
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25725

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0099
EPSS Percentile 58.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 32
fedoraproject/fedora 33
xpdfreader/xpdf 4.02
Published Nov 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026