CVE-2020-36023

Summary

CVE-2020-36023 is a vulnerability affecting the poppler library version 20.12.1 in the freedesktop project. This issue enables remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by crafting a malicious .pdf file. The vulnerability lies within the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function, which can be exploited to trigger the DoS condition. No further details have been disclosed regarding the specific cause or the attack vector. It is recommended that users upgrade to a patched version of poppler to mitigate this risk.

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