CVE-2020-23876
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
- Record
CVE-2020-23876- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
- Record
CVE-2020-23876- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-16613 No score
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
- Record
EUVD-2020-16613- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5cqv-55pw-mrcp No score
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
- Record
GHSA-5cqv-55pw-mrcp- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
pdf2xml v2.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak in the function TextPage::testLinkedText.
- Record
CVE-2020-23876- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-23876 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Science-miner Pdf2xml, published November 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.41%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.