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CVE-2023-34872 json

A vulnerability in Outline.cc for Poppler prior to 23.06.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (crash) via a crafte…

published 2023-07-31 3 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-38912 , JLSEC-2026-82

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in Outline.cc for Poppler prior to 23.06.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (crash) via a crafted PDF file in OutlineItem::open.

Patch / fix

  • julia Poppler_jll 23.12.0+0
  • freedesktop poppler 23.06.0
  • poppler Debian 12 22.12.0-2+deb12u1
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13 24.02.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34872

  • poppler Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-34872

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 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 SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
  • poppler-qt5 SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
  • poppler-qt6 openSUSE Leap 15.5 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4363-1SUSE-SU-2023:4291-1

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-2023-34872 updated cvss 5.5

poppler: Denial of Service (DoS) (crash) via a crafted PDF file in OutlineItem::open.

  • 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils
    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 ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1399 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Poppler_jll
<23.12.0+0
23.12.0+0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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