Xpdf
CVE-2022-38233
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Unusual condition handling
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via DCTStream::readMCURow() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-754. XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via DCTStream::readMCURow() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Affected products include: Xpdf Project Xpdf.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via DCTStream::readMCURow() at /xpdf/Stream.cc.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. Rated high severity (CVS
XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerab
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::lookChar() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::readScan() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a global-buffer overflow via Lexer::getObj(Object*) at /xpdf/Lexer.cc. Rat
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::getChar() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::readHuffSym(DCTHuffTable*) at /xpdf/
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::transformDataUnit at /xpdf/Stream.cc
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a stack overflow via __asan_memcpy at asan_interceptors_memintrinsics.cpp.
XPDF v4.04 was discovered to contain a stack overflow vulnerability via the Object::Copy class of object.cc files. Rated
There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mis
There is an invalid memory access in the function fprintf located in Error.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7
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