Vulnerability · Published Sep 30, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-41842
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds write 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 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42340&p=43928&hilit=gfseek#p43928 x_refsource_MISC