Description
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.
Published: 2023-08-22
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3620-1 poppler security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4141-1 poppler security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-39704 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6508-1 poppler vulnerabilities
History

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Debian Debian Linux
Freedesktop Poppler
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:17.566Z

Reserved: 2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-37050

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:17.566Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:23.657

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:55.403

Link: CVE-2022-37050

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-37050 - Bugzilla

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