#VU74017 Resource exhaustion in xpdf - CVE-2022-41842

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#VU74017 Resource exhaustion in xpdf - CVE-2022-41842

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74017
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-2022-41842
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion 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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