In short
- CVE-2022-24198 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting com.itextpdf:itext7-core, itext (itextpdf).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.55%, higher than 46.0% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 7.2.0 or later.
Description
iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds exception via the component ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: Vendor does not view this as a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable.
NVD description
iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds exception via the component ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: Vendor does not view this as a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable.
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