PT-2022-16536 · Itext · Itext

Huang Wenjie + 3 · Published 2022-02-01 · Updated 2024-08-03 · CVE-2022-24198

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iText version 7.1.17

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file, exploiting an out-of-bounds exception in the ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR component. The vendor does not view this as a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable.

Recommendations For version 7.1.17, consider disabling the ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR component as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-24198

GHSA-8C9H-4Q7G-FP7H

Affected Products

Itext

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24198 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24198 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78 · Note
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808 · Note
• https://github.com/itext/itext7 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/88684 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/36658 · Telegram Post