An issue has been found in PDF2JSON 0.69.
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue has been found in PDF2JSON 0.69. The HtmlString class in ImgOutputDev.cc has Mismatched Memory Management Routines (malloc versus operator delete).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01605 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14946
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rqpp-6c9q-xpf8
References
More Flowpaper Pdf2json vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-14702 pdf2json v0.71 was discovered to contain a stack buffer overflow in the component XRef::fetch. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-10754 An issue has been found in PDF2JSON 0.69. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-14703 pdf2json v0.71 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference in the component ObjectStream::getObject. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-13460 Buffer overflow in pdf2json 0.69 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by converting a crafted PDF file. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-13628 An issue has been found in function CCITTFaxStream::lookChar in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2020-13627 An issue has been found in function Gfx::doShowText in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-14946 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-14946 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rqpp-6c9q-xpf8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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