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Unscored USN-6508-2 0 CVEs

poppler regression

Published Nov 28, 2023 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-6508-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The update introduced
one minor regression in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the
problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF
files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23804)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF
files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051,
CVE-2022-37052, CVE-2022-38349)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS poppler 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm3

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2045027