CVE-2022-38928 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.

Published: 2022-09-21

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41475	XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00157.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42325&sid=7b08ba9a518a99ce3c5ff40e53fc6421

History

Tue, 27 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Xpdfreader Xpdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-21T12:57:51.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T18:22:24.625Z

Reserved: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38928

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:31.632Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T13:15:09.403

Modified: 2025-05-27T19:15:22.777

Link: CVE-2022-38928

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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