NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler-utils package, versions <0:20.11.0-11.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-POPPLERUTILS-10065378
  • published8 May 2025
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 poppler-utils to version 0:20.11.0-11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:2979.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-utils package and not the poppler-utils package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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