Denial of Service Vulnerability in Poppler by Freedesktop.org
CVE-2020-23804

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Freedesktop

Status
Poppler
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 August 2023
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What is CVE-2020-23804?

The Poppler library version 0.89.0 is affected by an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the pdfinfo and pdftops components. This weakness can be exploited by remote attackers through specially crafted input, leading to a denial of service condition. It allows attackers to overwhelm the system's resources, potentially resulting in service interruptions and unavailability of the PDF processing functionalities.

References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/936
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg0...
mailing-list

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2020-23804 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in Poppler by Freedesktop.org