Is CVE-2023-34872 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-34872 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-34872?

CVE-2023-34872 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-34872?

CVE-2023-34872 has an EPSS score of 0.93% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-34872?

Upgrade poppler on debian 12 to 22.12.0-2+deb12u1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-34872

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in Outline.cc for Poppler prior to 23.06.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (crash) via a crafted PDF file in OutlineItem::open.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:22.12.0-2+deb12u1CVE-2023-34872

Fixed in:24.02.0-2CVE-2023-34872

libpoppler118Ubuntu

Fixed in:22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2USN-6273-1

libpoppler126Ubuntu

Fixed in:22.12.0-2ubuntu1.1USN-6273-1

libpoppler97Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.86.1-0ubuntu1.2USN-6273-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.86.1-0ubuntu1.2USN-6273-1

Fixed in:22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2USN-6273-1

Fixed in:22.12.0-2ubuntu1.1USN-6273-1

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.93%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

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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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 2025-11-04.