CVE-2024-6239

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.06 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2024-06-21 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (5)

VendorProductVersion
— — 24.06.0
freedesktop poppler < 24.06.0
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0

References & Advisories (4)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5305
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9167
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.78%
Raw Score 0.007850
Percentile 56.6%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00785
2026-11-12
0.00785
2026-11-10
0.00785
2026-11-09
0.00785
2026-11-08
0.00785
2026-11-07
0.00785
2026-11-06
0.00785

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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