Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39381",
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    "title": "Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp",
    "summary": "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.",
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        "https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/security/advisories/GHSA-rcrx-fpjp-mfrw",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39381",
        "https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/293",
        "https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/issues/191",
        "https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/194"
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  "document_id": 520210,
  "published_at": "2022-11-02T00:00:00+00:00"
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