Resource exhaustion in Freedesktop Poppler
CVE-2022-37050
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Freedesktop Poppler — versions 22.07.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-37050?
- CVE-2022-37050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-37050?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-37050 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.