What is CVE-2020-23804?

CVE-2020-23804 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-23804?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2020-23804

Uncontrolled Recursion in pdfinfo, and pdftops in poppler 0.89.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.89.0
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23804?: CVE-2020-23804 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-23804?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.