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SCA: security update for com.itextpdf:itext7-core (GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415764

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - iText v7.1.17, up to (exluding)": 7.1.18 and 7.2.2 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. (CVE-2022-24196)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415764

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24196

cwe: CWE-770