Out-of-bounds read in Poppler - CVE-2024-56378
Published: December 29, 2024 / Updated: April 18, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101977
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56378
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
Poppler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the JBIG2Bitmap::combine() function in JBIG2Stream.cc in libpoppler.so. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-56378
Install updates from vendor's website.