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CVE-2024-6239

Poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 21, 2024 at 01:28 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxPoppler

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Poppler· Freedesktop
95%
v < 24.06.0
Affected range stops below 24.06.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
7.08.09.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:20.11.0-12.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:21.01.0-21.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unknown)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5305
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9167
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo

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