Stack-based buffer overflow in xpdf - CVE-2022-45586
Published: August 15, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79516
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45586
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Glyph & Cog
Affected software:
xpdf
xpdf
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the Dict::find() function in xpdf/Dict.cc. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application, trigger a stack overflow and crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-45586
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.