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CVE-2022-38784
Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in…
High7.8EPSS 0.63%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 49% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
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References (14)
- https://github.com/jeffssh/CVE-2021-30860 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1261/diffs?commit_id=27354e9d9696ee2bc063910a6c9a6b27c5184a52 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20220902 JBIG2 integer overflow fixed in Xpdf 4.04, Poppler 22.09.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-f7b375eae8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-51b27699ce (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220925 [SECURITY] [DLA 3120-1] poppler security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- GLSA-202209-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-f79aa2bae9 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-fcb3b063a6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38171 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-f8ec1c06a3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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