# CVE-2020-36024: poppler: Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.  Security Fix(es)...

CVE-2020-36024 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1, released August 11, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36024
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.5 (Moderate)
- EPSS: 0.0053
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Aug 11, 2023

## Description

Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.  Security Fix(es):  * poppler: NULL pointer dereference in `FoFiType1C::convertToType1` (CVE-2020-36024)  For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.  Additional Changes:  For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Release Notes linked from the References section.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | gir1.2-poppler-0.18 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | [gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-gir1.2-poppler-0.18-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14-esm1.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | gir1.2-poppler-0.18 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3 | [gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-gir1.2-poppler-0.18-0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler-cpp0v5 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | [libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler-cpp0v5-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14-esm1.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler-cpp0v5 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3 | [libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-libpoppler-cpp0v5-0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler-glib8 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | [libpoppler-glib8 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler-glib8-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14-esm1.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler-glib8 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3 | [libpoppler-glib8 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-libpoppler-glib8-0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler-qt5-1 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | [libpoppler-qt5-1 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler-qt5-1-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14-esm1.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler-qt5-1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3 | [libpoppler-qt5-1 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-libpoppler-qt5-1-0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler73 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | [libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler73-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14-esm1.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | libpoppler97 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3 | [libpoppler97 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-libpoppler97-0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | poppler Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 22.08.0-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36024.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | poppler Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 22.08.0-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36024.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | poppler Debian 14 | 22.08.0-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36024](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36024.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | poppler RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler rocky 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RLSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2024-2979.md) | May 7, 2025 |
| Linux | poppler-cpp RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-cpp almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-cpp ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-cpp-devel RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-cpp-devel almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-cpp-devel ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-devel RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-devel almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-devel ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib-devel RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib-devel almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib-devel ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib-doc RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib-doc almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-glib-doc ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-qt5 RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-qt5 almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-qt5 ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-qt5-devel RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-qt5-devel almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-qt5-devel ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-utils RHEL 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [RHSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-utils Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1 | [poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-poppler-utils-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14-esm1.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | poppler-utils Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3 | [poppler-utils 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-poppler-utils-0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3.md) | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Linux | poppler-utils almalinux 8 | 20.11.0-11.el8 | [ALSA-2024:2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2024-2979.md) | May 22, 2024 |
| Linux | poppler-utils ol 8 | 0:20.11.0-11.el8 | [ELSA-2024-2979](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2979.md) | May 23, 2024 |

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