vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-38222: Xpdf: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 29, 2022
Added
Sep 26, 2024
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

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

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-xpdf
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