CVE-2022-24198 (GCVE-0-2022-24198)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 04:07 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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