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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-9549

In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-9549

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Mar 2020, 05:15 UTC

In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.

osv:CVE-2020-9549
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9549",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-9549",
    "summary": "In PDFResurrect 0.12 through 0.19, get_type in pdf.c has an out-of-bounds write via a crafted PDF document.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-9549",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                },
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            "v0.12"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-9549.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:32.084706362Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00007.html",
        "https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/8"
      ],
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              }
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    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-9549",
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384406,
  "published_at": "2020-03-02T05:15:13.87+00:00"
}