CVE-2022-24198
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.005 · 46 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7hOut-of-bounds Read in iText2022-02-02ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (7)
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- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24198cnnvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808Third Party Advisorynvd
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