Resource exhaustion in xpdf - CVE-2022-41844
Published: March 24, 2023 / Updated: March 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74018
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41844
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 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.
Affected software
xpdf
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
xpdf
app-text/xpdf
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
xpdf
app-text/xpdf
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41844
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
xpdf - update to 4.05
app-text/xpdf - update to 4.05
app-text/xpdf - update to 4.05