Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-38234
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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via Lexer::getObj(Object*) at /xpdf/Lexer.cc.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38234 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38234 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38234 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38234 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38234 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/jhcloos/xpdf/issues/12 x_refsource_MISC