CVE-2022-37050

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: August 22, 2023 Modified: November 03, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
20th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

Affected Vendors

debian freedesktop

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