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Unscored USN-5606-2 0 CVEs

poppler regression

Published Sep 14, 2022 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

USN-5606-1 fixed a vulnerability in poppler. Unfortunately it was missing a
commit to fix it properly. This update provides
the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain
PDF. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS poppler 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1989515