CVE-2023-34872

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 57.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-07-31 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-04 19:16Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-06-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

bb6e19abc51ea0499fa5c94bf6b47bcd3b29f508b48c522243f9977c96fb2238

• gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/591235c8b6c65a2eee88991b9ae73490fd9afdfe
• gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1399
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-4285cca9bfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFBT75QHBWNMSDAHSXZQ2I3PBJWID36K/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-4eff9e2cd6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3H3GOWFE3C7543GMEN7LY4GWMWJ7D2G/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-f0be0daaa5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XXL3L6RJOTLGCN7GLH2OLLNF4FJ4T7I/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-6b20b7807ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ3NYJ43U2MA7COKGMJDARZUAAOP45D4/vendor-advisory
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