Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-48545
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 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An infinite recursion in Catalog::findDestInTree can cause denial of service for xpdf 4.02.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ipe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xpdf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xpdf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xpdf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | xpdf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | xpdf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 |