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CVE-2026-93314: Freedesktop Poppler

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-93314· Medium 5.3

Public exploit available · CVSS 5.3 Medium · fixed in 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14 : patch poppler as a priority.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14, 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.10, 26.01.0-2ubuntu0.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 8 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Ubuntu poppler to 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14 (package) or 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.10 (package) or 26.01.0-2ubuntu0.2 (package).

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSpopplerpkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • <26.01.0-2ubuntu0.2
Fixed in
  • 26.01.0-2ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSpopplerpkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • <24.02.0-1ubuntu9.10
Fixed in
  • 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.10
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSpopplerpkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • <22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14
Fixed in
  • 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTSpopplerpkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focalOther threatsAffected
  • 0.80.0-0ubuntu1 – 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3
17 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTSpopplerpkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 0.57.0-2ubuntu4 – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm8
26 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTSpopplerpkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenialOther threatsAffected
  • 0.33.0-0ubuntu3 – 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm8
28 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A patch has been made available (commit ed2a5538cf0a8d3ff908191eda9b73f91a5f952a) to fix this vulnerability. It is advisable to apply this patch or upgrade to a fixed version of Poppler. No vendor advisory content contradicts this; therefore, patching is the recommended mitigation.

Description

A vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler 26.07.0 affects the function FoFiTrueType::mapCodeToGID in the file fofi/FoFiTrueType.cc. Manipulating the argument segCnt can cause an integer overflow. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely and has publicly disclosed exploit code. The issue has been patched in commit ed2a5538cf0a8d3ff908191eda9b73f91a5f952a. Multiple specific Ubuntu package versions are affected.

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