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CVE-2022-41843

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 30, 2022 | Modified: May 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41843
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in convertToType0 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-38928.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XpdfXpdfreader4.04 (including)4.04 (including)
IpeUbuntubionic*
IpeUbuntufocal*
IpeUbuntukinetic*
IpeUbuntulunar*
IpeUbuntumantic*
IpeUbuntuoracular*
IpeUbuntuplucky*
IpeUbuntutrusty*
IpeUbuntuxenial*
XpdfUbuntutrusty*
XpdfUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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