Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-38222

Title: Xpdfreader Xpdf Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-38222.

CWE Category CWE-416

Published Date Sep 29, 2022

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-38222: There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service 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=42320 https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42320

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-38222 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 29, 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.