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CVE-2022-24198

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24198 describes an out-of-bounds exception in iText v7.1.17, specifically within the ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR component, which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) through a crafted PDF file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacting availability. Despite the potential for DoS, the vendor does not consider this a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:itextpdf:itext:7.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.itextpdf:itext7-coreFixed in: 7.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7hmedium

Out-of-bounds Read in iText

Feb 2, 2022

References

github.com / itext/itext7/pull/78
Third Party Advisory
github.com / itext/itext7/pull/78
Third Party Advisory