Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in iText

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2022-24196 · GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc · Published 01/02/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-24196 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting com.itextpdf:itext7-core, itext (itextpdf).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 7.1.18, 7.2.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com.itextpdf:itext7-core Maven	`< 7.1.18`	`7.1.18`
itext itextpdf	`< 7.2.2`	`7.2.2`

Description

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

NVD description

iText v7.1.17, up to (exluding)": 7.1.18 and 7.2.2 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24196 · ADVISORY
itext/itext7#78 · WEB
itext/itext7#78 · WEB
itext/itext7 · PACKAGE
itext/itext7 release 7.1.18 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

com.itextpdf:itext7-core

Maven

< 7.1.18

7.1.18

itext

itextpdf

< 7.2.2

7.2.2

Description

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

NVD description

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