CVE-2022-38784

Public Exploit

Description

Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIGStream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2022-38171 in Xpdf.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/jeffssh/CVE-2021-30860 third party advisory
https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html release notes vendor advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1261/diffs?commit_id=27354e9d9696ee2bc063910a6c9a6b27c5184a52 patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5224 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQAO6O2XHPQHNW2MWOCJJ4C3YWS2VV4K/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J546EJUKUOPWA3JSLP7DYNBAU3YGNCCW/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-21 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BGY72LBJMFAKQWC2XH4MRPIGPQLXTFL6/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLKN3HJKZSGEEKOF57DM7Q3IB74HP5VW/ vendor advisory
https://github.com/zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md third party advisory exploit
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38171 third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E5Z2677EQUWVHJLGSH5DQX53EK6MY2M2/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-38784?
CVE-2022-38784 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-38784?
To fix CVE-2022-38784, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-38784 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-38784 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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