CVE-2022-39381

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    CVE-2022-39381

    Published: 2 Nov 2022Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in PDFDocumentHandler.cpp

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39381.json, 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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9713a0979163ee199838af535bf3bd33d73ebdd7

    Affected versions

    1.5.1
    1.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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