Poppler vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product1 known exploited249 versions
The short answer

Poppler is made by Freedesktop. We track 88 published vulnerabilities in it, across 249 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 3 November 2021. If you run Poppler, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Poppler flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-30860, on 3 November 2021. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Poppler do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 22.09.0" means every version up to, but not including, 22.09.0. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2021-30860Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Vulnerability

    before 22.09.0
Known exploited

Which Poppler vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.8
    CVE-2021-30860HighKnown exploited
    Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Vulnerability

    Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS CoreGraphics contain an integer overflow vulnerability which may allow code execution when processing a maliciously crafted PDF.

    Chance of use76%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Poppler flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 10%

    Format string vulnerability in the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc in poppler before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a destination...

    CVSS5.0Published23 Nov 2013
  2. 7.1%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc in poppler before 0.24.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a source...

    CVSS7.5Published23 Nov 2013
  3. 4.6%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the ExponentialFunction::ExponentialFunction function in Poppler before 0.40.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or possibly execute...

    CVSS7.8Published6 May 2016
  4. 4.4%

    An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0.

    CVSS8.8Published12 Jul 2017
  5. 4.3%

    Stack buffer overflow in GfxState.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

    CVSS6.5Published22 Jun 2017
  6. 3.9%

    poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger an "invalid memory access" in (1) splash/Splash.cc, (2)...

    CVSS6.8Published9 Apr 2013
  7. 3.5%

    Poppler 0.74.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the CairoRescaleBox.cc downsample_row_box_filter function.

    CVSS9.8Published8 Mar 2019
  8. 3.5%

    A heap-based buffer underwrite exists in ImageStream::getLine() located at Stream.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdfimages binary.

    CVSS8.8Published26 Feb 2019
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We track 88 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Poppler, across 249 versions. The most recent Poppler flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-30860, on 3 November 2021.

1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2021-30860.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2021-30860, affects before 22.09.0. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

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