Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-37051
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the poppler package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | poppler | 22.08.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37051 |
| Debian:13 | poppler | 22.08.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37051 |
| Debian:14 | poppler | 22.08.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37051 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3 | USN-6508-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37051 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231016 [SECURITY] [DLA 3620-1] poppler security update mailing-list
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html