CVE-2022-38928

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Published Sep 21, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

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 solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.429% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

May 27, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Xpdfreader Xpdf

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 27, 2025, 6:22 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 21, 2022, 12:57 PM
Updated: May 27, 2025, 6:22 PM
Reserved: Aug 29, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:10 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:10 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 21, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:57 AM

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