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MEDIUM6.5

GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h

Out-of-bounds Read in iText

Quick fix

GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h — com.itextpdf:itext7-core: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>7.2.0</version> for com.itextpdf:itext7-core

Details

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds exception via the component ARCFOUREncryption.encryptARCFOUR, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: Vendor does not view this as a vulnerability and has not found it to be exploitable.

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Affected packages

Maven/com.itextpdf:itext7-core
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 7.2.0
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>7.2.0</version> for com.itextpdf:itext7-core

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