Is CVE-2022-37050 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-37050 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-37050?

CVE-2022-37050 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-37050?

CVE-2022-37050 has an EPSS score of 0.92% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-37050?

Upgrade poppler on debian 11 to 20.09.0-3.1+deb11u2 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-37050

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c callows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crashes with SIGABRT) by crafting a PDF file in which the xref data structure is mishandled in getCatalog processing. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2018-20662.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:20.09.0-3.1+deb11u2CVE-2022-37050

Fixed in:22.08.0-2CVE-2022-37050

libpoppler118Ubuntu

Fixed in:22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3USN-6508-1

libpoppler58Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4USN-6508-1

libpoppler73Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2USN-6508-1

libpoppler97Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4USN-6508-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4USN-6508-1

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2USN-6508-1

Fixed in:0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4USN-6508-1

Fixed in:22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3USN-6508-1

poppler-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4USN-6508-1

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2USN-6508-1

Fixed in:0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4USN-6508-1

Fixed in:22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3USN-6508-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

gitlab.freedesktop.org

Exploit1

gitlab.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory1

lists.debian.org

Other references1

lists.debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.