Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-38334

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 15 September 2022

Published
15 September 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0021 43.0th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-38334 is a medium-severity Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

XPDF v4.04 and earlier was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function Catalog::countPageTree() at Catalog.cc.

CWE(s)
CWE-674

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

xpdfreader
xpdf
≤ 4.04

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CP-7 Alternate Processing Site
addresses: CWE-674

Supports resumption at alternate site when uncontrolled recursion causes primary site failure or crash.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
addresses: CWE-674

Prevents uncontrolled recursion that exhausts stack or CPU resources.

References