High severity · published Aug 30, 2022
CVE-2022-38784
Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIGStream.cc)
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIGStream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2022-38171 in Xpdf.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
PO
Poppler · Freedesktop
through 22.08.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38784
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38784
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jeffssh/CVE-2021-30860
Exploit
https://github.com/zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md
Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1261/diffs?commit_id=27354e9d9696ee2bc063910a6c9a6b27c5184a52
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BGY72LBJMFAKQWC2XH4MRPIGPQLXTFL6/
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