CVE-2022-41843 : An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in convertToType0 in fofi

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.

Published 2022-09-30 05:15:12

Updated 2022-10-03 20:05:05

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2022-41843

Xpdfreader » Xpdf » Version: 4.04
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.04%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 12 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	1.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: High

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

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

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42325&sid=7b08ba9a518a99ce3c5ff40e53fc6421

null pointer dereference caused by no-check malloc pointer - forum.xpdfreader.com
Exploit;Vendor Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42344

Some bugs in XPDF 4.04 - forum.xpdfreader.com
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