CVE-2022-38222

CWE-416 — Use After Free5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.2%
top 61.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Xpdfreader Xpdf
Timeline
PublishedSep 29
Latest updateSep 30

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDxpdfreader/xpdf4.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jh9w-w754-x3hr: There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream↗2022-09-30
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OSV
CVE-2022-38222: There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream↗2022-09-29
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CVEList
CVE-2022-38222: There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream↗2022-08-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2022-38222: xpdf - There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.c...↗2022
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CVE-2022-38222 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | There is a use-after-free issue in | cvebase.io