Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-56378
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in the poppler package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libpoppler.so in Poppler through 24.12.0 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the JBIG2Bitmap::combine function in JBIG2Stream.cc.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | poppler | 22.12.0-2+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56378 |
| Debian:13 | poppler | 24.08.0-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56378 |
| Debian:14 | poppler | 24.08.0-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56378 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6 | USN-7213-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56378 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | poppler | 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2 | USN-7213-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | poppler | 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56378 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1553
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/ade9b5ebed44b0c15522c27669ef6cdf93eff84e
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/blob/30eada0d2bceb42c2d2a87361339063e0b9bea50/CMakeLists.txt#L621
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html