Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2022-37051
CVE-2022-37050
CVE-2022-37052
CWE-ID CWE-617
CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Poppler
Client/Desktop applications / Office applications

Vendor Freedesktop.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Reachable Assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU82599

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37051

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in pdfunite.cc. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 22.01.0 - 22.07.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU82598

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37050

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the PDFDoc::savePageAs() function in PDFDoc.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete patch for #VU16830 (CVE-2018-20662).

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 22.01.0 - 22.07.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/dcd5bd8238ea448addd102ff045badd0aca1b990
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Reachable Assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU82597

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37052

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in Object::getString(). A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 22.01.0 - 22.07.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/8677500399fc2548fa816b619580c2c07915a98c
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1278


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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