Buffer overflow in Xpdf
CVE-2005-3191
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF and (2) DCTStream::readBaselineSOF functions in the DCT stream parsing code (Stream.cc) in xpdf 3.01 and earlier, as used in products such as (a) Poppler, (b) teTeX, (c) KDE kpdf, (d) pdftohtml, (e) KOffice KWord, (f) CUPS, and (g) libextractor allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with an out-of-range number of components (numComps), which is used as an array index.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xpdf — versions 0.90, 0.91, 0.92
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/234 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17929 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/19797 (third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/233 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18349 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18147 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18055 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-1.txt
- secunia.com/advisories/18503 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-3191?
- CVE-2005-3191 is a vulnerability in Xpdf, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2005-12-07.
- Is CVE-2005-3191 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.