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

Status: published. Published: 2024-06-21. Updated: 2026-11-06.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

-  /  (poppler): ≥ 24.06.0; ≤ 24.06.1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (poppler): ≥ 0:20.11.0-12.el8_10; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (poppler): ≥ 0:21.01.0-21.el9; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (compat-poppler022): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (gimp:flatpak/poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (inkscape:flatpak/poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (libreoffice:flatpak/poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (inkscape:flatpak/poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (libreoffice:flatpak/poppler): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.78% as of 2026-11-06; percentile 56.25%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-20

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5305 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9167 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6239 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293594 (ADP: CVE; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6239; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6239; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated Not reported

Revision: 1994beb2d49e62e96a690bcbcdc23c0c75637d2c0c41e7aa72680a022ad61f4a

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