Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xpdfreader  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XPDFREADER-9673758
  • published17 Aug 2022
  • disclosed17 Aug 2022
  • creditCvjark

Introduced: 17 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-38236  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the Lexer::getObj(Object*) function at /xpdf/Lexer.cc.

References