CVE-2022-41842

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo...

5.5 MediumFix available

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.43%Down 0.5 points since Sep 30, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Record: CVE-2022-41842
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 5.5

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Record: CVE-2022-41842
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-45009 5.5

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Record: EUVD-2022-45009
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpc9-mjhw-r32h 5.5

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo...

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Record: GHSA-vpc9-mjhw-r32h
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-41842 5.5

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Record: ALPINE-CVE-2022-41842
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842 5.5

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.04. There is a crash in gfseek(_IO_FILE*, long, int) in goo/gfile.cc.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41842
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2024-0035 No score

Updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Logic bug in text extractor led to invalid memory access. (CVE-2022-30524) Integer overflow in rasterizer. (CVE-2022-30775) PDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-33108) PDF object loop in AcroForm::scanField. (CVE-2022-36561) Logic bug in JBIG2 decoder. (CVE-2022-38222) PDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-38334) Missing bounds check in CFF font converter caused null pointer dereference. (CVE-2022-38928) PDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-41842) Missing bounds check in CFF font parser caused invalid memory access. (CVE-2022-41843) PDF object loop in AcroForm::scanField. (CVE-2022-41844) PDF object loop in Catalog::readPageLabelTree2. (CVE-2022-43071) PDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-43295) PDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-45586) PDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-45587) Divide-by-zero in Xpdf 4.04 due to bad color space object. (CVE-2023-2662) PDF object loop in Catalog::readPageLabelTree2. (CVE-2023-2663) PDF object loop in Catalog::readEmbeddedFileTree. (CVE-2023-2664) Divide-by-zero in Xpdf 4.04 due to very large page size. (CVE-2023-3044) Deadlock in Xpdf 4.04 due to PDF object stream references. (CVE-2023-3436)

Record: MGASA-2024-0035
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

xpdfreader xpdf

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`xpdf` Alpine:v3.19	before 4.05-r0	4.05-r0
`xpdf` Alpine:v3.20	before 4.05-r0	4.05-r0
`xpdf` Alpine:v3.21	before 4.05-r0	4.05-r0
`xpdf` Alpine:v3.22	before 4.05-r0	4.05-r0
`xpdf` Alpine:v3.23	before 4.05-r0	4.05-r0
`xpdf` Alpine:v3.24	before 4.05-r0	4.05-r0
`xpdf` Mageia:9 From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 4.05-1.mga9	4.05-1.mga9
`ipe` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 7.1.4-2.17.1.8-17.1.10-17.1.10-1.1	None known
`ipe` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.7-27.2.7-3	None known
`ipe` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.9-17.2.13-27.2.13-2build1	None known

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ipe` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.23+dfsg1-27.2.24+dfsg1-17.2.24+dfsg1-1build1	None known
`ipe` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.27+dfsg1-27.2.28-27.2.28-2.1build27.2.28-2.1build37.2.28-2.1build4	None known
`ipe` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.30-1build1	None known
`ipe` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.30-1build27.2.30-2	None known
`ipe` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.30-1build17.2.30-1build2	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	affected, aliases, references	OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-41842 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Xpdfreader Xpdf, published September 30, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. Fixed in xpdf 4.05-r0.

References

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