CVE-2023-34872 (GCVE-0-2023-34872)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-31 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-09 13:46 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
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