4.3

CVE-2024-56378: freedesktop poppler Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2025-0022SUSE-SU-2024:4423-1SUSE-SU-2024:4432-1
Published 22-12-2024Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56378 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-4141-1

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libpoppler.so in Poppler through 24.12.0 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the JBIG2Bitmap::combine function in JBIG2Stream.cc.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.64% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

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

Opensuse7 products
  • poppler-qt5&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.14.1
  • poppler-qt5&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 24.03.0-150600.3.5.1
  • poppler-qt6&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.14.1
  • poppler-qt6&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 24.03.0-150600.3.5.1
  • poppler&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.14.1
Suse6 products
  • poppler-qt5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6< 24.03.0-150600.3.5.1
  • poppler-qt6&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6< 24.03.0-150600.3.5.1
  • poppler-qt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 0.43.0-16.52.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 0.79.0-150200.3.35.1 | < 24.03.0-150600.3.5.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6< 24.03.0-150600.3.5.1
Debian1 product
  • poppler< 22.12.0-2+deb12u1 | < 24.08.0-4
Freedesktop1 product
Mageia1 product
  • poppler< 23.02.0-1.4.mga9
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm5 | < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm4 | < 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.5 | < 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6 | < 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2

6 vendors · 17 products

References

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