CVE-2023-34872

A vulnerability in Outline.cc for Poppler prior to 23.06.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (crash) via a crafted PDF file in OutlineItem::open.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

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/591235c8b6c65a2eee88991b9ae73490fd9afdfe	Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1399	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XXL3L6RJOTLGCN7GLH2OLLNF4FJ4T7I/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ3NYJ43U2MA7COKGMJDARZUAAOP45D4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFBT75QHBWNMSDAHSXZQ2I3PBJWID36K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3H3GOWFE3C7543GMEN7LY4GWMWJ7D2G/
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/591235c8b6c65a2eee88991b9ae73490fd9afdfe	Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1399	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XXL3L6RJOTLGCN7GLH2OLLNF4FJ4T7I/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ3NYJ43U2MA7COKGMJDARZUAAOP45D4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFBT75QHBWNMSDAHSXZQ2I3PBJWID36K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3H3GOWFE3C7543GMEN7LY4GWMWJ7D2G/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

09 Jul 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

Information

Published : 2023-07-31 14:15

Updated : 2025-07-09 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-34872

Mitre link : CVE-2023-34872

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-34872

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freedesktop

poppler

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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