Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-38349
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.08.0. There is a reachable assertion in Object.h, will lead to denial of service because PDFDoc::replacePageDict in PDFDoc.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | poppler | 22.12.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38349 |
| Debian:13 | poppler | 22.12.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38349 |
| Debian:14 | poppler | 22.12.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38349 |
| 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-2022-38349 |