Security Advisory
CVE-2022-30524
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
May 9, 2022
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory