Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-30524

RCE

Title: Xpdfreader Xpdf RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2022-30524

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date May 09, 2022

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-30524: There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mishandles characters at large y coordinates. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftotext binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Impacted Vendors

xpdf 1

xpdfreader 1

foolabs 1

Reference Links

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42261 https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42261

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-30524 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/rishvic/xpdf-docker

View Code

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 09, 2022 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.