CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-48545

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Aug 22, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An infinite recursion in Catalog::findDestInTree can cause denial of service for xpdf 4.02.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xpdf Xpdfreader 4.02 (including) 4.02 (including)
Ipe Ubuntu bionic *
Ipe Ubuntu lunar *
Ipe Ubuntu mantic *
Ipe Ubuntu trusty *
Ipe Ubuntu xenial *
Xpdf Ubuntu bionic *
Xpdf Ubuntu lunar *
Xpdf Ubuntu mantic *
Xpdf Ubuntu trusty *
Xpdf Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References