#VU74016 Uncontrolled Recursion in xpdf - CVE-2022-38334

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#VU74016 Uncontrolled Recursion in xpdf - CVE-2022-38334

Published: March 24, 2023 / Updated: March 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74016
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38334
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
xpdf
Software vendor:
Glyph & Cog

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.


Remediation

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

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