Multiple vulnerabilities in xpdf

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU74013

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16088

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in PDF objects. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://gist.github.com/RootUp/3d9e90ea5ae0799305b4c7ec66e19387
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#5.00

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU74014

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33108

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the Object::Copy class of object.cc files. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42284
http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42286
http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42287
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#5.00

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU74015

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36561

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a segmentation violation in the component /xpdf/AcroForm.cc:538. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42308
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#5.00

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU74016

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38334

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in the function Catalog::countPageTree() at Catalog.cc. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42314&p=43872
http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42122
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#5.00

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU74017

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41842

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42340&p=43928&hilit=gfseek#p43928
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#5.00

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU74018

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41844

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in XRef::fetch(int, int, Object*, int) in xpdf/XRef.cc. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42308&p=43844&hilit=XRef%3A%3Afetch#p43844
http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42340&p=43928&hilit=gfseek#p43928
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#5.00

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU74024

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41843

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in convertToType0 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42325&sid=7b08ba9a518a99ce3c5ff40e53fc6421
http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42344
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#4.05

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU74022

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38222

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42320
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#4.05

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU74021

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30775

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected application allocates excessive memory when presented with crafted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42264
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#4.05

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU74023

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38928

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in FoFiType1C.cc:2393. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42325&sid=7b08ba9a518a99ce3c5ff40e53fc6421
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#4.05

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU74020

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30524

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

xpdf: 0.2 - 4.04

CPE2.3

External links

http://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42261
http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html#4.05

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Risk	High
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	11
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-16088 CVE-2022-33108 CVE-2022-36561 CVE-2022-38334 CVE-2022-41842 CVE-2022-41844 CVE-2022-41843 CVE-2022-38222 CVE-2022-30775 CVE-2022-38928 CVE-2022-30524
CWE-ID	CWE-674 CWE-787 CWE-20 CWE-400 CWE-476 CWE-416 CWE-770
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	xpdf Client/Desktop applications / Office applications
Vendor	Glyph & Cog