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Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-36561

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

XPDF v4.0.4 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component /xpdf/AcroForm.cc:538.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20xpdf4.05-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-36561
Alpine:v3.21xpdf4.05-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-36561
Alpine:v3.22xpdf4.05-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-36561
Alpine:v3.23xpdf4.05-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-36561
Alpine:v3.24xpdf4.05-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSemscriptenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSemscriptenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:25.10emscriptenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSemscriptenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:26.10emscriptenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:25.10ipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:26.10ipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStexlive-binno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:24.04:LTStexlive-binno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:25.10texlive-binno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:26.04:LTStexlive-binno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561
Ubuntu:26.10texlive-binno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36561

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References