Description
A denial of service flaw was found in Poppler's Splash backend. A crafted PDF with tiling-pattern geometry approaching the int32 boundary can cause SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill to compute an attacker-controlled repeat count that drives an excessively long loop in the pattern-fill scanline routine, without a corresponding memory allocation. An attacker could exploit this by supplying a malicious PDF to an application that renders it via Poppler's Splash backend, causing the rendering process to consume 100% CPU for an attacker-controlled, extended duration.
Published: 2026-09-18
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this issue, avoid opening or processing untrusted PDF files with applications that rely on Poppler's Splash backend. This operational control reduces the risk of an attacker triggering the denial of service vulnerability.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description A denial of service flaw was found in Poppler's Splash backend. A crafted PDF with tiling-pattern geometry approaching the int32 boundary can cause SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill to compute an attacker-controlled repeat count that drives an excessively long loop in the pattern-fill scanline routine, without a corresponding memory allocation. An attacker could exploit this by supplying a malicious PDF to an application that renders it via Poppler's Splash backend, causing the rendering process to consume 100% CPU for an attacker-controlled, extended duration.
Title Poppler: poppler: unbounded cpu loop in splashoutputdev::tilingpatternfill via unvalidated tiling-pattern repeat count (denial of service)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-606
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Hummingbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T15:56:02.498Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T13:14:24.766Z

Link: CVE-2026-93653

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T15:55:56.276Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-18T15:17:22.043

Modified: 2026-09-18T16:17:15.270

Link: CVE-2026-93653

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