Buffer overflow in Xpdfreader Xpdf

CVE-2022-41842

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Xpdfreader Xpdf — versions 4.04
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41842?: CVE-2022-41842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-41842?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.