CVE-2023-6299

Summary

CVE-2023-6299 is a recently disclosed vulnerability affecting Apryse iText 8.0.1. This issue involves a memory leak in the file PdfDocument.java of the Reference Table Handler component. The manipulation of this file can be exploited remotely, leading to significant memory consumption. The vulnerability, identified as VDB-246125, allows attackers to initiate an attack and has been publicly disclosed. iText 8.0.2 is the recommended solution, as it addresses this issue and was released on October 25th, 2023. Users are urged to upgrade as soon as possible to mitigate the risk. The vendor was contacted about the vulnerability prior to its disclosure.

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