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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-38222: Use After Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-38222: Use After Free

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/15/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-xpdf

References

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