Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-38334
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 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
XPDF v4.04 and earlier was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function Catalog::countPageTree() at Catalog.cc.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38334 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38334 |