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(CVE-2022-30775)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-33108)\nPDF object loop in AcroForm::scanField. (CVE-2022-36561)\nLogic bug in JBIG2 decoder. (CVE-2022-38222)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-38334)\nMissing bounds check in CFF font converter caused null pointer\ndereference. (CVE-2022-38928)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-41842)\nMissing bounds check in CFF font parser caused invalid memory access.\n(CVE-2022-41843)\nPDF object loop in AcroForm::scanField. (CVE-2022-41844)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::readPageLabelTree2. (CVE-2022-43071)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-43295)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-45586)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::countPageTree. (CVE-2022-45587)\nDivide-by-zero in Xpdf 4.04 due to bad color space object.\n(CVE-2023-2662)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::readPageLabelTree2. (CVE-2023-2663)\nPDF object loop in Catalog::readEmbeddedFileTree. 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