What is CVE-2022-24196?

CVE-2022-24196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Itextpdf Itext, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-24196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-24196 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Itextpdf Itext

CVE-2022-24196

iText v7.1.17, up to (exluding)": 7.1.18 and 7.2.2 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Published 2022-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Itextpdf Itext

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24196?: CVE-2022-24196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Itextpdf Itext, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-24196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24196 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.