There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be     triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to     cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2022-38222)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has xpdf packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393. (CVE-2022-38928)

  - There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be     triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to     cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2022-38222)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-25 (Xpdf: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xpdf. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below     for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
255378	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-38222	Nessus	Misc.	high
242703	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : xpdf Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0121)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
207721	GLSA-202409-25 : Xpdf: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high

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