Security advisory

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  "id": "07b3cf5988df5c51cc09fdc81387f877ad6fcce63ce9d03a73ec4ed99d9ac9d0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34503",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-34503",
    "summary": "QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-34503",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-34503",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-34503"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "74cc3440df7606c1e48bdbcb0ac5051fe0df0149"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "74cc3440df7606c1e48bdbcb0ac5051fe0df0149"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.4.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.4.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "8.4.2",
            "release-qpdf-8.4.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-34503.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.372949081Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/34xxx/CVE-2022-34503.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34503",
        "https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/701"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/34xxx/CVE-2022-34503.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-34503",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490849,
  "published_at": "2022-07-22T14:17:21+00:00"
}