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.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Itextpdf Itext
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org

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.