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CVE-2022-37050

SUSE Security Advisory - SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

En Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs en PDFDoc.c permite a los atacantes provocar una denegación de servicio (la aplicación se bloquea con SIGABRT) mediante la creación de un archivo PDF en el que la estructura de datos xref se maneja incorrectamente en el procesamiento getCatalog. Tenga en cuenta que esta vulnerabilidad está causada por el parche incompleto de CVE-2018-20662.

This update for poppler fixes the following issues. Fixed uncontrolled recursion in pdfinfo and pdftops. Fixed NULL Pointer Deference in 'FoFiType1C:convertToType1'. Fixed denial-of-service via savePageAs in PDFDoc.c. Fixed abort in main in pdfunite.cc. Fixed reachable assertion in Object.h that will lead to denial of service.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-08-01 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-08-22 CVE Published
  • 2025-06-22 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-07-02 CVE Updated
  • 2025-07-02 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Freedesktop
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 Poppler
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 22.07.0
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Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 10.0
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Affected