Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-30524 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.0.4
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mishandles characters at large y coordinates. It can be triggered by (for example) sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftotext binary, which allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |