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CVE-2022-37050

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-08-22
  • WeaknessCWE-400

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-08-2219:16CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0= 10.0no fix published
Freedesktop poppler
BranchAffectedFixed in
22.7= 22.07.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • popplerUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2
  • popplerUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4
  • popplerUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3
  • popplerUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4
  • popplerTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2all versions · fixed in 21.01.0-14.el9.tuxcare.els4and 9 other packages
  • popplerSUSE:Manager Server 4.2all versions · fixed in 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
  • popplerSUSE:Manager Proxy 4.2all versions · fixed in 0.79.0-150200.3.21.2
  • popplerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 22.01.0-150400.3.11.2

32 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-37050 Red Hat Product Security82 known affected

    poppler: abort in PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c

    poppler as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · poppler-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · poppler-glib as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · +79 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-37050 · 56 productsAffected
  2. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-37050 · 25 productsOut of support scope
  3. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-37050 · 1 productWill not fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2023-08-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-j6x9-fqfr-79q4

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37050?

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.

Is CVE-2022-37050 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-37050, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-37050?

CVE-2022-37050 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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