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    CVE-2020-36024

    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.

    Published:Aug 11, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
    EPS:Aug 11, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00089
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freedesktop
    Product
    Poppler
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1016https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1016

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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