What is CVE-2022-41843?

CVE-2022-41843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-41843?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Xpdfreader Xpdf

CVE-2022-41843

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in convertToType0 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-38928.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41843?: CVE-2022-41843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-41843?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.