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CVE-2022-24198

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorItext

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds exception via the component ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: Vendor does not view this as a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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