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GHSA-XRV4-XM8W-PM47

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-11 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:30

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.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-36023"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-xrv4-xm8w-pm47",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:30:50Z",
  "published": "2023-08-11T15:30:46Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36023"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1013"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00017.html"
    },
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}

CVE-2020-36023 (GCVE-0-2020-36023)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:25

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

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          {
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          },
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            ],
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00017.html"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html"
          }
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                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-10-09T17:59:31.401936Z",
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GHSA-XRV4-XM8W-PM47

CVE-2020-36023 (GCVE-0-2020-36023)

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