Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-37051 CVE-2022-37050 CVE-2022-37052 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-617 CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Poppler Client/Desktop applications / Office applications |
| Vendor | Freedesktop.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Reachable Assertion
EUVDB-ID: #VU82599
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37051
CWE-ID:
CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in pdfunite.cc. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPoppler: 22.01.0 - 22.07.0
External linkshttp://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276
http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU82598
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37050
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the PDFDoc::savePageAs() function in PDFDoc.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete patch for #VU16830 (CVE-2018-20662).
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPoppler: 22.01.0 - 22.07.0
External linkshttp://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274
http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Reachable Assertion
EUVDB-ID: #VU82597
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37052
CWE-ID:
CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in Object::getString(). A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPoppler: 22.01.0 - 22.07.0
External linkshttp://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/8677500399fc2548fa816b619580c2c07915a98c
http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1278
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
