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CVE-2005-0064
Buffer overflow in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function in Decrypt.cc for xpdf 3.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High7.5EPSS 7.2%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function in Decrypt.cc for xpdf 3.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a large /Encrypt /Length keyLength value.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (24)
- 17277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11781 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 2005-0003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- FLSA:2352 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FLSA:2353 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-645 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200501-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20050118 Multiple Unix/Linux Vendor Xpdf makeFileKey2 Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20050119 [USN-64-1] xpdf, CUPS vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CLA-2005:921 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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