CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-38222
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-29
- 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-416
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• xpdfreader xpdf 4.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42320 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42320 Exploit, Vendor Advisory