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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-30524: Xpdf: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 9, 2022
Added
Sep 26, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mishandles characters at large y coordinates. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftotext binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-xpdf
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