CVE-2024-6239 | Poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter

A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.

Published: 2024-06-21 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-6239 is rated Moderate Risk (41.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6239

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 2025-11-21 0.52% 0.13% -0.39%
2 2025-11-18 0.13% 0.52% +0.39%
3 2025-07-30 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-6239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-6239

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-6239

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-6239: 2 source package rows (poppler, poppler-qt5); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-6239
debian unimportant CVE-2024-6239 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (poppler), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6239
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239
suse medium CVE-2024-6239 severity moderate: SUSE including 75 source package names (libpoppler-cpp0, libpoppler-cpp0-22.01.0-150400.3.22.1, …), 118 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 9, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 83, Known Not Affected 35. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239/
ubuntu low CVE-2024-6239 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (poppler), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, upstream, xenial): ignored 4, released 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-6239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freedesktop poppler < 24.06.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-6239

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