CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-38222

Use After Free

Published: Sep 29, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xpdf Xpdfreader 4.04 (including) 4.04 (including)
Ipe Ubuntu bionic *
Ipe Ubuntu focal *
Ipe Ubuntu kinetic *
Ipe Ubuntu lunar *
Ipe Ubuntu mantic *
Ipe Ubuntu oracular *
Ipe Ubuntu trusty *
Ipe Ubuntu xenial *
Xpdf Ubuntu trusty *
Xpdf Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References