7.5

CVE-2020-23804: debian debian_linux Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-23804DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23804
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-23804 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5
DLA-3620-1SUSE-SU-2023:3981-1SUSE-SU-2023:3982-1SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1SUSE-SU-2023:3998-1USN-6508-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion in pdfinfo, and pdftops in poppler 0.89.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4 | < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 | < 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4

3 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links