ghsa-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-02-02 00:01
Modified
2023-03-07 23:46
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Out-of-bounds Read in iText
Details

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: [
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 7.1.17",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "Maven",
            name: "com.itextpdf:itext7-core",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "7.2.0",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2022-24198",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-125",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2022-02-07T20:59:10Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2022-02-01T20:15:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h",
   modified: "2023-03-07T23:46:45Z",
   published: "2022-02-02T00:01:45Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24198",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/itext/itext7",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Out-of-bounds Read in iText",
}


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