CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2022-24198
Medium (6.5) in itextpdf itext. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in com.itextpdf:itext7-core 7.2.0.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- itextpdf:itext
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h | Maven | com.itextpdf:itext7-core | <7.2.0 | 7.2.0 |