CVE-2022-45587

Exp

Stack overflow vulnerability in function gmalloc in goo/gmem.cc in xpdf 4.04, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service.

Published: 2023-02-15 Last update: 2025-03-19 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-45587 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 1 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-2022-45587

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-45587

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 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.84%
2 2023-02-16 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-45587

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]
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 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-45587

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-45587

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-45587: 1 source package rows (xpdf); 10 state rows across 7 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-45587
debian unimportant CVE-2022-45587 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-2022-45587
gentoo normal CVE-2022-45587: 1 GLSA(s) (202409-25), 1 atom(s) (app-text/xpdf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-45587
suse medium CVE-2022-45587 severity moderate: SUSE including 16 source package names (libpoppler-cpp0, libpoppler-devel, …), 198 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (34 product lines)): Known Not Affected 198. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45587/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-45587 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ipe, xpdf), 26 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 10, needs-triage 8, ignored 7, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-45587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xpdfreader xpdf 4.04 cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-45587

URL Tags
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?t=42361 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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