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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-38349

There is a reachable assertion in Object.h, will lead to denial of service because PDFDoc::replacePageDict in PDFDoc.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.06%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.08.0. There is a reachable assertion in Object.h, will lead to denial of service because PDFDoc::replacePageDict in PDFDoc.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.

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
1.06% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
freedesktop/poppler
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.