CVE-2022-48545

Summary

CVE-2022-48545 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting xPDF version 4.02. This issue arises due to an infinite recursion in the Catalog::findDestInTree function, leading to an exhaustion of system resources when processing certain maliciously crafted PDF files. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a specially crafted PDF document, potentially causing the targeted xPDF instance to become unresponsive or crash. Successful exploitation may result in a denial-of-service condition for the affected system.

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