Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-43071 (CCN-240163)

Assigned:2022-10-03
Published:2022-10-03
Updated:2022-11-22
Summary:A stack overflow in the Catalog::readPageLabelTree2(Object*) function of XPDF v4.04 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (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 (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
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-787
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-43071

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-cve202243071-dos(240163)

Source: CCN
Type: Xpdf and XpdfReader forums
Bug Report: pdftotext in Xpdf 4.04

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42349&p=43959#p43959

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