CVE-2022-37050

In Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c callows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crashes with SIGABRT) by crafting a PDF file in which the xref data structure is mishandled in getCatalog processing. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2018-20662.

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 63th percentile

Published

2023-08-22

Updated

2025-11-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1274

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-37049
• CVE-2022-37051
• CVE-2022-37048
• CVE-2022-37052
• CVE-2022-37047
• CVE-2022-37056