CVE-2023-34872 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a crash in the Poppler library by providing a crafted PDF file, affecting applications that use this library for PDF rendering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-34872?
CVE-2023-34872 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, published on 31 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34872?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (6)
poppler SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | All versions | 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2 |
poppler SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | All versions | 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2 |
poppler-qt5 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | All versions | 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1 |
poppler openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2 |
poppler-qt5 openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1 |
poppler-qt6 openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1 |
Products include Freedesktop Poppler.
How do I fix CVE-2023-34872?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-34872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-34872, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34872, GHSA-77j7-vm29-rwwv, JLSEC-2026-82, MGASA-2023-0348, ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-34872 and 2 more.