CVE-2020-36023 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in freedesktop poppler version 20.12.1, where a remote attacker can crash the application by providing a specially crafted PDF file to the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:20.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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