CVE-2022-38238

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in xpdf project xpdf. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::lookChar() at /xpdf/Stream.cc.

Severity

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2022-08-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19