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CVE-2020-22336

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An issue was discovered in pdfcrack 0.17 thru 0.18, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stack overflow in the MD5 function.

Affected products

• Pdfcrack Project Pdfcrack: from 0.17 before 0.19 — fixed in 0.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pdfcrack Project Pdfcrack 0.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00004.html
• https://sourceforge.net/p/pdfcrack/bugs/12/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00004.html
• https://sourceforge.net/p/pdfcrack/bugs/12/

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