VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-38171

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Xpdf prior to version 4.04 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIG2Stream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2021-30860 (Apple CoreGraphics).

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-190

Primary references