CVE-2022-24197: Itextpdf Itext

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

iText v7.1.17 was discovered to contain a stack-based buffer overflow via the component ByteBuffer.append, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Affected products

• Itextpdf Itext: before 7.2.2 (fixed in 7.2.2)

Published 2022-02-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.