What is GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc?

GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in iText

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc cover?

GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2022-24196. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc?

GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc?

GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc affects 1 product, including: maven/com.itextpdf:itext7-core:\u003c= 7.1.17.

GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhcMediumCVSS 6.5

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in iText

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 2, 2022

Last Modified

March 27, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-24196 →

📋 Description

iText v7.1.17 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 products1

maven/com.itextpdf:itext7-core:<= 7.1.17

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24196
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/advisories/GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc