Denial of Service Vulnerability in Poppler by Freedesktop
CVE-2022-37052

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Freedesktop

Status
Poppler
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 August 2023
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What is CVE-2022-37052?

The vulnerability in Poppler 22.07.0 involves a reachable Object::getString assertion that can be exploited by attackers to trigger a denial of service. This occurs due to failure in handling markObject, allowing for potential disruption of service.

References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1278
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/8...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2022-37052 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in Poppler by Freedesktop