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CVE-2022-25892: Fix npe as backport for 2.x · julianhille/MuhammaraJS@90b278d
The package muhammara before 2.6.1, from 3.1.0 and before 3.1.1; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be parsed.
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ EStatusCode PDFParser::ParseLastXrefPosition()
mObjectParser.ResetReadState();
RefCountPtr<PDFObject> anObject(mObjectParser.ParseNewObject());
if (!anObject) {
status = PDFHummus::eFailure;
TRACE_LOG(“PDFParser::ParseXrefPosition: Unable to find any object”);
break;
}
if(anObject->GetType() == PDFObject::ePDFObjectInteger)
{
mLastXrefPosition = (LongFilePositionType)((PDFInteger*)anObject.GetPtr())->GetValue();
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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.
### Impact The package muhammara before 2.6.1, from 3.0.0 and before 3.1.1; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be parsed. ### Patches It has been patched in 3.1.1 and has been backported to 2.6.1 There is no patch for hummus ### Workarounds Do not process files from untrusted sources or update. ### References https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25892 https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/463 https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/issues/214 https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/commit/1890fb555eaf171db79b73fdc3ea543bbd63c002 https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/commit/90b278d09f16062d93a4160ef0a54d449d739c51 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HUMMUS-3091138 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MUHAMMARA-3060320