CVE-2022-24198: Itextpdf Itext

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

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