PT-2023-5245 · Poppler+6 · Poppler+6

Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2025-04-28 · CVE-2022-38349

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Poppler version 22.08.0

Description The issue is related to a reachable assertion in Object.h, which can lead to denial of service. This occurs because the PDFDoc::replacePageDict function in PDFDoc.cc lacks a stream check before saving an embedded file. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Poppler version 22.08.0, consider disabling the PDFDoc::replacePageDict function until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05861

CVE-2022-38349

DLA-4141-1

OESA-2023-1561

OESA-2023-1611

OESA-2023-1612

OESA-2023-1613

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3947-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3983-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3998-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3947-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3981-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3982-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3998-1

USN-6508-1

USN-6508-2

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Poppler

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 99

• 🔥 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1282 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05861 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05859 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3982-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37051 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2025-1020SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1612 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3947-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4564a002bcb6094cc460bc0d5ddff9423fe6dd28 · Patch
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=158612043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37050 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38349 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36023 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07624 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38349 · Vendor Advisory