CVE-2022-27135

Exp

xpdf 4.03 has heap buffer overflow in the function readXRefTable located in XRef.cc. An attacker can exploit this bug to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or other unspecified effects by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdftoppm binary.

Published: 2022-04-25 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-27135 is rated Exploit Available (52/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-27135

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-27135

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.34% 0.21% -0.13%
2 2025-11-18 0.16% 0.34% +0.18%
3 2025-10-02 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-27135

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-27135

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-27135

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2022-27135: 1 source package rows (xpdf); 2 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-27135
debian unimportant CVE-2022-27135 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27135
gentoo normal CVE-2022-27135: 1 GLSA(s) (202405-18), 1 atom(s) (app-text/xpdf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-27135
suse medium CVE-2022-27135 severity moderate: SUSE including 1 source package names (xpdf), 1 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Teradata): Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27135/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-27135 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (ipe, poppler, xpdf), 42 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 23, needs-triage 8, ignored 7, DNE 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27135

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-27135

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xpdfreader xpdf 4.03 cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-27135

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