CVE-2022-39381CWE-690

Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp

High · published November 2, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Muhammara is a node module with c/cpp bindings to modify PDF with js for node or electron (based/replacement on/of galkhana/hummusjs). The package muhammara before 2.6.0; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be appended to another. This issue has been patched in 2.6.0 for muhammara and not at all for hummus. As a workaround, do not process files from untrusted sources.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00777 · 55.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-690 · Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2022-11-02T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 NOV 00:00Z
    Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp
    cvelistv5