7.5

CVE-2024-6239: freedesktop poppler Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-6239MGASA-2024-0260SUSE-SU-2024:2332-1
Published 21-06-2024Last modified 20-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6239 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.78% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat17 products
  • enterprise_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
  • poppler< 0:20.11.0-12.el8_10 | < 0:21.01.0-21.el9
  • poppler-cpp< 0:20.11.0-12.el8_10 | < 0:21.01.0-21.el9
  • poppler-cpp-debuginfo< 0:20.11.0-12.el8_10 | < 0:21.01.0-21.el9
  • poppler-cpp-devel< 0:20.11.0-12.el8_10 | < 0:21.01.0-21.el9
Suse5 products
  • poppler-qt5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5< 23.01.0-150500.3.11.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5< 0.79.0-150200.3.32.1 | < 23.01.0-150500.3.11.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 0.79.0-150200.3.32.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5< 23.01.0-150500.3.11.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5< 22.01.0-150400.3.22.1
Opensuse4 products
  • poppler-qt5&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.11.1
  • poppler-qt6&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.11.1
  • poppler&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.11.1
  • poppler&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 24.07.0-1.1
Alpine1 product
  • poppler< 24.02.0-r2
Debian1 product
  • poppler< 22.12.0-2+deb12u3 | < 24.08.0-2
Freedesktop1 product
Mageia1 product
  • poppler< 23.02.0-1.3.mga9
Ubuntu1 product
  • popplerAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5 | < 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1

8 vendors · 31 products

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