What is CVE-2020-36023?

CVE-2020-36023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-36023?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-36023 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2020-36023

An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler version 20.12.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via crafted .pdf file to FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 20.12.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

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

What is CVE-2020-36023?: CVE-2020-36023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-36023?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36023 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.