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CVE-2022-38784

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38784 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the JBIG2 decoder of Poppler, affecting versions up to and including 22.08.0, as well as various Debian and Fedora Poppler distributions. This flaw, similar to CVE-2022-38171 in Xpdf, can be triggered by processing a specially crafted PDF or JBIG2 image. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it poses a significant risk, potentially leading to application crashes or arbitrary code execution, requiring user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 22.08.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: rhel8/gimp-flatpak:flatpak-8100020241021101332.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: poppler-0:20.11.0-6.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: poppler-0:21.01.0-14.el9
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:flatpak/poppler
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: inkscape:flatpak/poppler
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libreoffice:flatpak/poppler
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: inkscape:flatpak/poppler
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libreoffice:flatpak/poppler

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-38784Moderate

poppler: integer overflow in JBIG2 decoder using malformed files

Aug 30, 2022

References

github.com / jeffssh/CVE-2021-30860
Third Party Advisory
github.com / zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
gitlab.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1261/diffs
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BGY72LBJMFAKQWC2XH4MRPIGPQLXTFL6
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E5Z2677EQUWVHJLGSH5DQX53EK6MY2M2
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J546EJUKUOPWA3JSLP7DYNBAU3YGNCCW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLKN3HJKZSGEEKOF57DM7Q3IB74HP5VW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQAO6O2XHPQHNW2MWOCJJ4C3YWS2VV4K
poppler.freedesktop.org / releases.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202209-21
Third Party Advisory
cve.org / CVERecord
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5224
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory