🛡️ CVE-2022-38928 — xpdf

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-476 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-38928 is classified as CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. A pointer that can be null is used without a check, crashing the process.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: xpdf. Published on 21 September 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

forum.xpdfreader.com
forum.xpdfreader.com

CVE-2022-38928 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-476
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-09-21
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
xpdf — —

Similar Threats

Exploit Protection

Are you running xpdf?

CVE-2022-38928 carries CVSS 7.8 High rating and a public exploit already exists. BotEraser checks your installation against this and other known CVE records, and blocks IPs associated with exploit activity.

Check My Site For CVE-2022-38928 →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.

More CVE 2022 advisories

Part of CVE 2022 in the advisory index.