CVE-2020-36024

Public on 2023-08-11

Modified on 2024-02-06

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	poppler	2023-10-03	ALAS-2023-1850
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	poppler	2023-10-05	ALAS2-2023-2281

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2020-36024 Mitre: CVE-2020-36024