Vulnerability · Published Apr 25, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-27135
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ipe package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27135 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27135 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27135 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27135 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27135 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/pic_ppm.png x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/poc_ppm x_refsource_MISC
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42232 x_refsource_MISC
