VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-6239
By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.78%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5305
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9167
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.