CVE-2022-24960

low-risk

Published 2022-03-10

A use after free vulnerability was discovered in PDFTron SDK version 9.2.0. A crafted PDF can overwrite RIP with data previously allocated on the heap. This issue affects: PDFTron PDFTron SDK 9.2.0 on OSX; 9.2.0 on Linux; 9.2.0 on Windows.

Do I need to act?

0.25% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Pdftron

Affected Vendors

Pdftron

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/suletm/security_research/blob/main/CVE/CVE-2022-24960.json

Vendor Advisory https://www.pdftron.com/nightly/#stable/2022-02-08/9.2/

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/suletm/security_research/blob/main/CVE/CVE-2022-24960.json

Vendor Advisory https://www.pdftron.com/nightly/#stable/2022-02-08/9.2/

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low-risk

Severity 17/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal