NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler-debuginfo package, versions <0:0.26.5-43.amzn2.1.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-POPPLERDEBUGINFO-5935933
  • published6 Oct 2023
  • disclosed11 Aug 2023

Introduced: 11 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-36024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 poppler-debuginfo to version 0:0.26.5-43.amzn2.1.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2281.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-debuginfo package and not the poppler-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1