Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-36024
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the poppler package (AlmaLinux). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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::convertToType1 function.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-cpp | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-cpp-devel | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-devel | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-glib | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-glib-devel | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-glib-doc | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-qt5 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-qt5-devel | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | poppler-utils | 20.11.0-11.el8 | ALSA-2024:2979 |
| Debian:12 | poppler | 22.08.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024 |
| Debian:13 | poppler | 22.08.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024 |
| Debian:14 | poppler | 22.08.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | poppler | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | RLSA-2024:2979 |