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Unscored USN-6299-1 2 CVEs

poppler vulnerabilities

Published Aug 17, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF
files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36023, CVE-2020-36024)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS poppler 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS poppler 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36023
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36024