NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2020-36024

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NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2020-36024

Published: August 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79770
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36024
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the FoFiType1C::convertToType1() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PDF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Poppler
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
libpoppler73 (Ubuntu package)
libpoppler58 (Ubuntu package)
libpoppler44-debuginfo
libpoppler44
poppler
libpoppler-glib-devel
poppler-debugsource
libpoppler-devel
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler60
poppler-tools
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler60-debuginfo
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0
libpoppler73-debuginfo
libpoppler73
libpoppler73-32bit
libpoppler73-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler89-32bit
libpoppler89-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler89-debuginfo
libpoppler89
libpoppler97 (Ubuntu package)
poppler-help
poppler-cpp
poppler-glib-doc
poppler-utils
poppler-qt5-devel
poppler-qt5
poppler-glib-devel
poppler-glib
poppler-devel
poppler-debuginfo
poppler-cpp-devel
poppler-doc
poppler (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-36024

Install updates from vendor's website.

libpoppler73 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libpoppler58 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libpoppler44-debuginfo - update to 0.24.4-14.36.2
libpoppler44 - update to 0.24.4-14.36.2
poppler - update to 0.26.5-43.26
libpoppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.35.2
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.35.2
libpoppler60 - update to 0.43.0-16.35.2
poppler-tools - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler-glib8 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.35.2
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.35.2
libpoppler-cpp0 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.35.2, 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2, 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler73-debuginfo - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2
libpoppler73 - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2
libpoppler73-32bit - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2
libpoppler73-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.25.2
libpoppler89-32bit - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler89-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler89-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler89 - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
libpoppler97 (Ubuntu package) - update to 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3
poppler-help - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-cpp - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-glib-doc - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-utils - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-qt5-devel - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-qt5 - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-glib-devel - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-glib - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-devel - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-debugsource - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-debuginfo - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-cpp-devel - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler - update to 0.90.0-17
poppler-utils - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-cpp - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-cpp-devel - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-devel - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-glib - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-glib-devel - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-qt5 - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-qt5-devel - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-doc - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler-glib-doc - update to 20.11.0-10.0.2
poppler (Red Hat package) - update to 20.11.0-11.el8

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