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TI-2022-18284 Aliases CVE-2022-38784GHSA-5557-33mq-5995

Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder…

Priority LOW 35CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIGStream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2022-38171 in Xpdf.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00634 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 22.08.0VulnerableFreedesktop
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*37VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 22.08.0 Vulnerable ·Freedesktop
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 37 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:2810 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    poppler security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) poppler-20.11.0-6.el8, poppler-glib-20.11.0-6.el8, poppler-qt5-20.11.0-6.el8 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) poppler-cpp-20.11.0-6.el8, poppler-cpp-devel-20.11.0-6.el8, poppler-devel-20.11.0-6.el8 +2
  • RHSA-2023:2259 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    poppler security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) poppler-21.01.0-14.el9, poppler-cpp-21.01.0-14.el9, poppler-glib-21.01.0-14.el9 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) poppler-cpp-devel-21.01.0-14.el9, poppler-devel-21.01.0-14.el9, poppler-glib-devel-21.01.0-14.el9 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:2810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:2259
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:2810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:2259

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-38784
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5557-33mq-5995
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 12

Sources

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