Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-41843 (CCN-237598)

Assigned:2022-08-20
Published:2022-08-20
Updated:2022-10-03
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/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): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-41843

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-cve202241843-dos(237598)

Source: CCN
Type: XpdfReader Web site
Some bugs in XPDF 4.04

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42344

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

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

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

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    xpdfreader xpdf 4.04
    xpdfreader xpdf 4.04