6.5

CVE-2022-37052: freedesktop poppler Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37052DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37052
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-37052 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
DLA-4141-1SUSE-SU-2023:4270-1SUSE-SU-2023:4362-1SUSE-SU-2023:4363-1SUSE-SU-2023:4546-1SUSE-SU-2023:4562-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 22.07.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to a failure in markObject.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.06% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • poppler< 22.08.0-2
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4 | < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 | < 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 | < 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links