Out-of-bounds Write Affecting xpdf package, versions <4.05-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-XPDF-8490292
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed30 Sept 2022

Introduced: 30 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-41844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 xpdf to version 4.05-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xpdf package and not the xpdf package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in XRef::fetch(int, int, Object*, int) in xpdf/XRef.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-16369 and CVE-2019-16088.

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