Security advisory

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  "id": "a2beebc46e7d07bab583995b000baf361dddfb99e9940a5af4389c6a5489ae93",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-23878",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-23878",
    "summary": "pdf2json v0.71 was discovered to contain a stack buffer overflow in the component XRef::fetch.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-23878",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-23878",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-23878"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/flexpaper/pdf2json",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "b671b647a7e487b021744f330b8dd2d6ccfa8103"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b671b647a7e487b021744f330b8dd2d6ccfa8103"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:flowpaper:pdf2json:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.71"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.71"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.71",
            "v0.71",
            "0.70"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-23878.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:49.869527761Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Aurorainfinity/Poc/tree/master/pdf2json",
        "https://github.com/flexpaper/pdf2json/issues/45"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-23878",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383903,
  "published_at": "2021-11-10T22:15:09.687+00:00"
}