CVE-2020-36023

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-08-11 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 19:25Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-01-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e3421049cbe8f48a098723ae597b4858583135b64cb90899df0fc60c946504ac

• gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1013
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230814 [SECURITY] [DLA 3528-1] poppler security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00017.htmlmailing-list
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html