Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-38928

HighPublic PoC

Published: 21 September 2022

Published
21 September 2022
Modified
27 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-38928 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.3th 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 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

xpdfreader
xpdf
4.04

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References