What is CVE-2022-38349?

CVE-2022-38349 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-2022-38349?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-38349 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2022-38349

An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.08.0. There is a reachable assertion in Object.h, will lead to denial of service because PDFDoc::replacePageDict in PDFDoc.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th 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 22.08.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38349?: CVE-2022-38349 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-2022-38349?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38349 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.