CVE-2022-24198

MEDIUM

iText 7.1.17 - Denial of Service via ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0055
EPSS Percentile 41.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
com.itextpdf/itext7-core 0 - 7.2.0Maven
itextpdf/itext 7.1.17
Published Feb 01, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026