Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp
CVE-2022-39381

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Julianhille

Status
Muhammarajs
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 November 2022

What is CVE-2022-39381?

Muhammara is a node module with c/cpp bindings to modify PDF with js for node or electron (based/replacement on/of galkhana/hummusjs). The package muhammara before 2.6.0; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be appended to another. This issue has been patched in 2.6.0 for muhammara and not at all for hummus. As a workaround, do not process files from untrusted sources.

Affected Version(s)

MuhammaraJS < 2.6.0

References

https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/security/advis...
https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/293
https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/issues/191

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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