CVE-2022-37050

MEDIUM EPSS 55.8%
Published Aug 22, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 22, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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 Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
55.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
freedesktoppoppler22.07.0any
debiandebian_linux10.0any

References 4

  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
    Patch
  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html

Remediation

  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
    Patch