Description
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.
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-4141-1 poppler security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-40939 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6508-1 poppler vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


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Freedesktop Poppler
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:23.122Z

Reserved: 2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38349

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:23.122Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:23.880

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:55.940

Link: CVE-2022-38349

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-38349 - Bugzilla

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