Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in xpdf - CVE-2022-30775

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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in xpdf - CVE-2022-30775

Published: March 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74021
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2022-30775
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Glyph & Cog
Affected software:
xpdf

Detailed vulnerability 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-30775

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

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