CVE-2022-24196: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

February 2, 2022 (updated February 10, 2022)

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc
github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24196

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