CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-38171
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-08-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
Xpdf prior to version 4.04 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIG2Stream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2021-30860 (Apple CoreGraphics).
Affected configurations
• xpdfreader xpdf 4.04
• freedesktop poppler (< 22.09.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html Vendor Advisory
- https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-4.04.tar.gz Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/jeffssh/CVE-2021-30860 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30860 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html Vendor Advisory
- https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-4.04.tar.gz Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/jeffssh/CVE-2021-30860 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30860 Third Party Advisory