5.5

CVE-2020-36024: freedesktop poppler NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2024:2979UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36024DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024
Published 11-08-2023Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-36024 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.53%
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 8 · Related 5
DLA-3528-1DLA-4141-1MGASA-2023-0262SUSE-SU-2023:3981-1SUSE-SU-2023:3982-1SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1

Timeline

  1. 11-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.53%

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

Redhat16 products
  • poppler< 0:20.11.0-11.el8
  • poppler-cpp< 0:20.11.0-11.el8
  • poppler-cpp-debuginfo< 0:20.11.0-11.el8
  • poppler-cpp-devel< 0:20.11.0-11.el8
  • poppler-debuginfo< 0:20.11.0-11.el8
Debian1 product
  • poppler< 22.08.0-2
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm3 | < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | < 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3

4 vendors · 19 products

References

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