Pdfinfo Utility Vulnerable to Denial of Service Attack

CVE-2024-6239

7.5HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 June 2024

Summary

A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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