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CVE-2022-37050

Published: Aug 22, 2023Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-OtherCWE-400

Affected Products

popplerfreedesktopOSS Libraries
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PopplerСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
freedesktoposs-projectOSS Librariesaka freedesktop.org
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
lists.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Aug 22, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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