CVE-2022-37052

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6508-2

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 22.07.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to a failure in markObject.

Una aserción alcanzable Object::getString en Poppler 22.07.0 permite a los atacantes causar una denegación de servicio debido a un fallo en markObject.

USN-6508-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The update introduced one minor regression in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem. It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A

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

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-01 CVE Reserved
2023-08-22 CVE Published
2024-10-03 CVE Updated
2024-10-03 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1278	2024-10-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/8677500399fc2548fa816b619580c2c07915a98c	2023-08-25

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Poppler Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Poppler"				22.07.0 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Poppler" and version "22.07.0"		-		Affected