Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-38928 (CCN-236768)

Assigned:2022-07-16
Published:2022-07-16
Updated:2022-09-22
Summary:XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-38928

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-cve202238928-dos(236768)

Source: CCN
Type: Xpdf Web site
segmemtation fault at xpdf-4.04/xpdf/AcroForm.cc:538

Source: CCN
Type: XpdfReader Web site
null pointer dereference caused by no-check malloc pointer

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42325&sid=7b08ba9a518a99ce3c5ff40e53fc6421

Source: CCN
Type: Mend Vulnerability Database
CVE-2022-38928

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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