What is CVE-2022-48545?

CVE-2022-48545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-48545?

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

Vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf

CVE-2022-48545

An infinite recursion in Catalog::findDestInTree can cause denial of service for xpdf 4.02.

Published 2023-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Xpdfreader Xpdf — versions 4.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48545?: CVE-2022-48545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-48545?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.