CVE-2022-38928 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00126.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Xpdfreader	Xpdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41475	XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42325&sid=7b08ba9a518a99ce3c5ff40e53fc6421

History

Tue, 27 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-21T12:57:51.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T18:22:24.625Z

Reserved: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38928

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:31.632Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T13:15:09.403

Modified: 2025-05-27T19:15:22.777

Link: CVE-2022-38928

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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