PT-2022-16534

CVE-2022-24196

Published

2022-02-01

Updated

2023-03-25

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CVSS 3.1

6.5

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iText versions 7.1.17 through 7.1.17

Description The issue is related to an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Recommendations For iText version 7.1.17, consider updating to version 7.1.18 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the readStreamBytesRaw component until a patch is available.

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