CVE-2022-38171

Publication date 22 August 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Xpdf prior to version 4.04 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIG2Stream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2021-30860 (Apple CoreGraphics).

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ipe	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
texlive-bin	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored
xpdf	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

This CVE is for xpdf, the poppler equivalent in CVE-2022-38784 xpdf in Debian/Ubuntu is actually xpopple that uses the poppler backend. Marking as not-affected.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H