USN-8894-1: poppler vulnerabilities — USN-8894-1

Summary

It was discovered that Poppler had an integer overflow in FoFiTrueType::cvtSfnts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-102620) It was discovered that Poppler had an integer overflow in SplashClip::clipToPath. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-07

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: medium.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: Ubuntu.

Product

Ubuntu

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

USN-8894-1

Source

Ubuntu

Vendor

Ubuntu

Published by source

2026-10-07

Last source activity

2026-10-07

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-102620

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

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