CVE-2022-39381 HIGH

CVE-2022-39381: Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp

Vendor Julianhille
Product MuhammaraJS
Weakness CWE-690
Published November 2, 2022
Last update April 22, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 2, 2022 CVE published
April 22, 2025 Record updated