Stack-based buffer overflow in iText - CVE-2022-24197
Published: April 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62060
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24197
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the component ByteBuffer.append. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a specially crafted PDF file, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
iText
IBM Process Mining
IBM Process Mining
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24197
Install update from vendor's website.
iText - update to 7.2.2
IBM Process Mining - update to 1.14.2
IBM Process Mining - update to 1.14.2