CVE-2022-24197
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain a stack-based buffer overflow via the component ByteBuffer.append, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-c32g-2mgr-cfq7Out-of-bounds Write in iText2022-02-02ghsa · osvUS
iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain a stack-based buffer overflow via the component ByteBuffer.append, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089282165cnnvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24197cnnvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089282165enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78Third Party Advisorynvd
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