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CVE-2022-37051

Published: Aug 22, 2023Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-617
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 43.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.07.0. There is a reachable abort which leads to denial of service because the main function in pdfunite.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.

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

CWE-617

Affected Products

n/an/a
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
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
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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/-/issues/1276
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html
lists.debian.org
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 22, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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