CVE-2005-2097 Affecting xpdf package, versions <3.00-15


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XPDF-516907
  • published16 Aug 2005
  • disclosed16 Aug 2005

Introduced: 16 Aug 2005

CVE-2005-2097  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xpdf to version 3.00-15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xpdf package and not the xpdf package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.

CVSS Scores

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