CVE-2022-27337

Exp

A logic error in the Hints::Hints function of Poppler v22.03.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Published: 2022-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-27337 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.46%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.25% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-27337

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-27337

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.21% 1.46% +1.25%
2 2025-12-24 0.28% 0.21% -0.07%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-27337

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-27337

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-27337

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-27337 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (poppler), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27337
gentoo high CVE-2022-27337: 1 GLSA(s) (202509-01), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-27337
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27337
suse medium CVE-2022-27337 severity moderate: SUSE including 68 source package names (libpoppler-cpp0, libpoppler-cpp0-0.43.0-16.25.1, …), 179 product×package rows across 38 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (38 product lines)): Fixed 119, Known Not Affected 60. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27337/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-27337 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (poppler), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, released 5, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27337

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-27337

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freedesktop poppler 22.03.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:22.03.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-27337

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