CVE-2022-41844

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Published Sep 30, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in XRef::fetch(int, int, Object*, int) in xpdf/XRef.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-16369 and CVE-2019-16088.

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45011	An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in XRef::fetch(int, int, Object*, int) in xpdf/XRef.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-16369 and CVE-2019-16088.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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% (0.394% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42340&p=43928&hilit=gfseek#p43928
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42308&p=43844&hilit=XRef%3A%3Afetch#p43844

History

May 20, 2025 8:15 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-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 20, 2025, 7:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 30, 2022, 4:21 AM
Updated: May 20, 2025, 7:41 PM
Reserved: Sep 30, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:56 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:56 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:03 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 30, 2022, 5:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:03 AM

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