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Out-of-bounds Read in iText

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 7, 2023

Package

maven com.itextpdf:itext7-core (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 7.1.17

Patched versions

7.2.0

Description

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds exception via the component ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: Vendor does not view this as a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 1, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 2, 2022
Reviewed Feb 7, 2022
Last updated Mar 7, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-24198

GHSA ID

GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h

Source code

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