CVE-2022-37051

6.5 MEDIUM

Published: August 22, 2023 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.07.0. There is a reachable abort which leads to denial of service because the main function in pdfunite.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.

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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/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276

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/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276

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)

0.0%

14th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-617

Affected Vendors

debian freedesktop

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