Description
There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mishandles characters at large y coordinates. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftotext binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Published: 2022-05-09
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 2.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52384 There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mishandles characters at large y coordinates. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftotext binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:48:36.389Z

Reserved: 2022-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-30524

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-09T18:15:09.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:02:52.590

Link: CVE-2022-30524

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