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

published 2023-08-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-39706

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 3 links 1

debian ubuntu suse

poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 22.08.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37052

poppler Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4
poppler Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3
poppler Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4
poppler Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37052

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

poppler SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +2 more 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.24.4-14.41.1
poppler SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 +1 more 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
poppler-qt5 SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
poppler-qt6 openSUSE Leap 15.4 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.62.0-150000.4.31.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4562-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4546-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4363-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4362-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4270-1

gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler@8677500 commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-37052 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.5

poppler: reachable assertion due to a failure in markObject()

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-qt4, poppler-glib, poppler-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-cpp, poppler-glib, poppler-demos, poppler-utils, +4 more
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils, gimp-flatpak-container Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils, libreoffice-flatpak-container
affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 cups-container Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils, cups-container
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-03)

Exploit prediction

1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1278 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-37052
NVD CVE-2022-37052

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Summary