#VU82598 Input validation error in Poppler - CVE-2022-37050

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#VU82598 Input validation error in Poppler - CVE-2022-37050

Published: October 31, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82598
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37050
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Poppler
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org

Description

The 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).


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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