CVE-2020-36023

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    CVE-2020-36023

    Published: 11 Aug 2023Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00017.html, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1013

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 5d3e71c8215997a96d2ade7272217087f7e59fe2
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    20.12.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2020-36023 | CVE-DB