CVE-2022-48545

An infinite recursion in Catalog::findDestInTree can cause denial of service for xpdf 4.02.

Published: 2023-08-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2022-48545 is rated Low Risk (29/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-48545

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 2025-10-19 0.05% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2025-03-14 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-48545

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-48545

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-48545

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2022-48545: 1 source package rows (xpdf); 6 state rows across 6 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-48545
debian unimportant CVE-2022-48545 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-2022-48545
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48545/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-48545 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ipe, xpdf), 24 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 13, ignored 10, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48545

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-48545

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xpdfreader xpdf 4.02 cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-48545

cvelogic Threat Intelligence