CVE-2023-34872

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2023-34872 · Published 31/07/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-34872 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting poppler (freedesktop).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.91%, higher than 60.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 23.06.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
poppler freedesktop	`< 23.06.0`	`23.06.0`

Description

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.

References

gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/591235c8b6c65a2eee88991b9ae73490fd9afdfe · Patch
gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1399 · Exploit
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XXL3L6RJOTLGCN7GLH2OLLNF4FJ4T7I
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ3NYJ43U2MA7COKGMJDARZUAAOP45D4
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFBT75QHBWNMSDAHSXZQ2I3PBJWID36K
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3H3GOWFE3C7543GMEN7LY4GWMWJ7D2G
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3XXL3L6RJOTLGCN7GLH2OLLNF4FJ4T7I
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JQ3NYJ43U2MA7COKGMJDARZUAAOP45D4

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