CVE-2024-6239

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.

Why is this CVE low priority?

Only a crash in the command line pdfinfo tool

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
poppler	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
poppler	Upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1563/diffs?commit_id=0554731052d1a97745cb179ab0d45620589dd9c4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6915-1
poppler vulnerability
24 July 2024