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Freedesktop has 141 published vulnerabilities across 24 products in our catalogue. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Poppler, with 88. If you run Freedesktop software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

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

Products

Which Freedesktop products have the most vulnerabilities?

Poppler leads with 88 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

  1. Poppler88
  2. Dbus24
  3. Xdg-Utils5
  4. Accountsservice3
  5. Udisks3
  6. Dbus-Glib2
  7. Policykit2
  8. Libbsd2
  9. Libdbus1
  10. Libice1
Published vulnerabilities
Known exploited

Which Freedesktop 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 Freedesktop 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%
    CVE-2013-4474Medium

    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%
    CVE-2013-4473High

    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%
    CVE-2008-3834Low

    The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a message containing a malformed signature, which triggers...

    CVSS2.1Published7 Oct 2008
  4. 4.6%
    CVE-2015-8868High

    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
  5. 4.5%
    CVE-2012-3524Medium

    libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS...

    CVSS6.9Published18 Sep 2012
  6. 4.4%
    CVE-2017-2820High

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

    CVSS8.8Published12 Jul 2017
  7. 4.3%
    CVE-2017-9775Medium

    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
  8. 3.9%
    CVE-2013-1788Medium

    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
Every product

All Freedesktop products we track.

21 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

This directory lists the 21 Freedesktop products with at least one tracked version, of 24 in our catalogue.

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Our catalogue lists 141 published vulnerabilities across 24 products and 1,135 versions from Freedesktop. The most recent Freedesktop flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-30860, on 3 November 2021.

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

Poppler, with 88 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track the Freedesktop products you run. We match them against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and tell you as soon as we spot one that affects you, by email, in the app or by webhook.

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