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A vulnerability has been found in Xpdf (Document Reader Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function DCTStream::getChar
of the file /xpdf/Stream.cc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::getChar() at /xpdf/Stream.cc.
The weakness was presented 08/17/2022 as 11. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-38231 since 08/15/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/15/2022 🔍08/17/2022 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: 11Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-38231 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 08/17/2022 09:37Updated: 09/17/2022 10:19
Changes: 08/17/2022 09:37 (39), 09/17/2022 10:19 (11)
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Cache ID: 3:874:103
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