CVE-2022-27135

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.0%

Medium (5.5) in xpdfreader xpdf. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

xpdf 4.03 has heap buffer overflow in the function readXRefTable located in XRef.cc. An attacker can exploit this bug to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or other unspecified effects by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdftoppm binary.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2022-04-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

xpdfreader:xpdf

References

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42232
https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/pic_ppm.png
https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/poc_ppm
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42232
https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/pic_ppm.png

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