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.
Published: 2022-02-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h Out-of-bounds Read in iText
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00336}

epss

{'score': 0.0038}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:07:01.606Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-24198

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-01T20:15:11.827

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:49:59.447

Link: CVE-2022-24198

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses