VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-37050
In Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c callows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crashes with SIGABRT) by crafting a PDF file in which the xref data structure is mishandled in getCatalog processing.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.08%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c callows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crashes with SIGABRT) by crafting a PDF file in which the xref data structure is mishandled in getCatalog processing. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2018-20662.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990Patch
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990Patch
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.