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CVE-2005-2097
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk…
Low2.1EPSS 0.43%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- RHSA-2005:706 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 102972 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 18398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:176751 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-163-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:670 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 18407 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-780 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 14529 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FLSA:175404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:708 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 21339 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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