CVE-2022-37051

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b	Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/4631115647c1e4f0482ffe0491c2f38d2231337b	Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1276	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00022.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:22.07.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Nov 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00037.html -

Information

Published : 2023-08-22 19:16

Updated : 2025-11-03 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-37051

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37051

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-37051

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

freedesktop

poppler

CWE

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion

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