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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990Patch
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990Patch
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 22, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified