Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2022-37051

An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.07.0. There is a reachable abort which leads to denial of service because the main function in pdfunite.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37051?
CVE-2022-37051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-37051?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-37051 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.