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CVE-2022-30524

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-05-09 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Xpdfreader Xpdf

Weakness Type

CWE-787

References