CVE-2024-6239

poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 6, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation