CVE-2022-27135

MEDIUM

xpdf 4.03 - Heap Buffer Overflow in readXRefTable via Crafted PDF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

xpdf 4.03 has heap buffer overflow in the function readXRefTable located in XRef.cc. An attacker can exploit this bug to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or other unspecified effects by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdftoppm binary.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42232

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 57.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
xpdfreader/xpdf 4.03
Published Apr 25, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026