CVE-2022-37050
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (15)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-2171poppler: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-08-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in poppler ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (14)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-37050/cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.5773cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.6033cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.7034cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990enisa_euvd
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