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CVE-2020-7374

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-08-12
  • WeaknessCWE-120

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Description

Documalis Free PDF Editor version 5.7.2.26 and Documalis Free PDF Scanner version 5.7.2.122 do not appropriately validate the contents of JPEG images contained within a PDF. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow on the stack and gain remote code execution as the user running the Documalis Free PDF Editor or Documalis Free PDF Scanner software.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-08-1218:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-7374?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-7374?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Documalis free pdf editor
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.7= 5.7.2.26no fix published
Documalis free pdf scanner
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.7= 5.7.2.122no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/windows/fileformat/documalis_pdf_editor_and_scannerrank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-08-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-c62g-h8p8-p75m

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7374?

Documalis Free PDF Editor version 5.7.2.26 and Documalis Free PDF Scanner version 5.7.2.122 do not appropriately validate the contents of JPEG images contained within a PDF. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow on the stack and gain remote code execution as the user running the Documalis Free PDF Editor or Documalis Free PDF Scanner software.

Is CVE-2020-7374 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-7374 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.1% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-7374?

CVE-2020-7374 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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