CVE-2020-23804

poppler: uncontrolled recursion in pdfinfo and pdftops

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Published Aug 22, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.89.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3620-1	poppler security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-16544	Uncontrolled Recursion in pdfinfo, and pdftops in poppler 0.89.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6508-1	poppler vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.152% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/936
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23804
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-23804

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Freedesktop Poppler

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 22, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:05 PM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 22, 2023, 7:16 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:04 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Jun 29, 2020, 12:00 AM

Severity: Moderate
Public date: Jun 29, 2020, 12:00 AM

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