Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24106
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the xpdf package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Xpdf prior to 4.04, the DCT (JPEG) decoder was incorrectly allowing the 'interleaved' flag to be changed after the first scan of the image, leading to an unknown integer-related vulnerability in Stream.cc.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | xpdf | 4.04-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xpdf | 4.04-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xpdf | 4.04-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xpdf | 4.04-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | xpdf | 4.04-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Debian:12 | poppler | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Debian:13 | poppler | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Debian:14 | poppler | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | emscripten | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | emscripten | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | emscripten | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | emscripten | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | emscripten | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | texlive-bin | 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 |