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CVE-2022-38222

Published: 29 September 2022

There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ipe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Needs triage

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

xpdf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Needs triage

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: Debian uses poppler, which is not affected)
xenial Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H