CVE-2026-102621
poppler: poppler: Denial of Service via integer overflow in SplashClip
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 30, 2026
Updated · October 2, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in poppler. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the SplashClip rendering component when handling path clipping operations. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by providing specially crafted input, causing the application to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Statement
Red Hat rates this flaw as Low impact because exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, and the result is limited to crashing the rendering process with no data exposure or code execution.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
Do not open untrusted PDF files with applications that use the poppler library for rendering.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound