UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24996
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996
Upstream
Published
2020-09-03T23:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T17:14:15.152562Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

There is an invalid memory access in the function TextString::~TextString() located in Catalog.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftohtml binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
ipe

Package

Name
ipe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe@7.1.10-1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.1.4-2.1
7.1.8-1
7.1.10-1
7.1.10-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.1.10-1.1",
            "binary_name": "ipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.1.10-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libipe-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.1.10-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libipe7.1.10"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
ipe

Package

Name
ipe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe@7.2.7-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.7-2
7.2.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.7-3",
            "binary_name": "ipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.7-3",
            "binary_name": "libipe-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.7-3",
            "binary_name": "libipe7.2.7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
ipe

Package

Name
ipe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe@7.2.13-2build1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.9-1
7.2.13-2
7.2.13-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.13-2build1",
            "binary_name": "ipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.13-2build1",
            "binary_name": "libipe-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.13-2build1",
            "binary_name": "libipe7.2.13"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
ipe

Package

Name
ipe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe@7.2.24+dfsg1-1build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.23+dfsg1-2
7.2.24+dfsg1-1
7.2.24+dfsg1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.24+dfsg1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "ipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.24+dfsg1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libipe-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.24+dfsg1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libipe7.2.24"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
ipe

Package

Name
ipe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe@7.2.28-2.1build4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.27+dfsg1-2
7.2.28-2
7.2.28-2.1build2
7.2.28-2.1build3
7.2.28-2.1build4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.28-2.1build4",
            "binary_name": "ipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.28-2.1build4",
            "binary_name": "libipe-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.28-2.1build4",
            "binary_name": "libipe7.2.28t64"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
ipe

Package

Name
ipe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe@7.2.30-1build1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.30-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.30-1build1",
            "binary_name": "ipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.30-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libipe-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.2.30-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libipe7.2.30"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24996.json"