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.
Published: 2022-02-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1046 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in iText
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00133}

epss

{'score': 0.00151}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:07:02.310Z

Reserved: 2022-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-24196

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-01T20:15:11.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:49:59.173

Link: CVE-2022-24196

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses