Security advisory

{
  "id": "da780d1ba7bc64bdb0084de9e1d9ec8fca26e6b5fc4171b916e1f3ec465160b0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24198",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-24198",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-24198",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-24198",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-24198",
        "GHSA-8c9h-4q7g-fp7h"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/itext/itext-java",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "a2746010d27536b68d60d53f81912d5a7c537b7e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a2746010d27536b68d60d53f81912d5a7c537b7e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:itextpdf:itext:7.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.1.17"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "7.1.17"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "7.1.17"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-24198.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.482961040Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24198.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24198",
        "https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78",
        "https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089287808"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24198.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-24198",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 498640,
  "published_at": "2022-02-01T00:00:00+00:00"
}