High severity · published Dec 27, 2024
CVE-2024-56520
An issue was discovered in tc-lib-pdf-font before 2.6.4, as used in TCPDF before 6.8.0 and other products
7.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in tc-lib-pdf-font before 2.6.4, as used in TCPDF before 6.8.0 and other products. Fonts are mishandled, e.g., FontBBox for Type 1 and TrueType fonts is misparsed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
tcpdf · tecnick
before 6.8.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56520
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56520
github.com
https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/a0a02efe487cc39bd5223359e916dbeafb5cd6fe
github.com
https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/compare/6.7.8...6.8.0
github.com
https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf-font/commit/30012e333ae611c514ec2dc7cb370bbf4da4e677
github.com
https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf-font/compare/2.6.2...2.6.4
tcpdf.org
https://tcpdf.org
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00004.html
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