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CVE-2022-24196

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

iText v7.1.17, up to (exluding)": 7.1.18 and 7.2.2 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Affected products

• Apryse iText: before 7.2.2 — fixed in 7.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apryse iText 7.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089279222
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089279222
• https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18

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