Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in iText

published 2022-02-01 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hhh6-cm2m-3fhc , EUVD-2022-1046

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits: 0; none known

iText v7.1.17, up to (exluding)": 7.1.18 and 7.2.2 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 2

maven com.itextpdf:itext7-core 7.1.18
itextpdf itext 7.2.2

github.com/itext/itext7#78 pull request
github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18 release

Exploit prediction

1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089279222 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.itextpdf:itext7-core	<7.1.18	7.1.18

Classification

Weakness

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

github.com /itext/itext7/pull/78
web, third-party-advisory
github.com /itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089279222
web, exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24196
advisory
github.com /itext/itext7
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary