Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a…

Description

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (81)

• 16143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-932 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18349 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 18147 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 18679 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18312 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18644 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-236-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 18425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18373 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-931 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18554 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 19230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 102972 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-962 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00010.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-937 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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
• 2006-0002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2005-026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 18329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18463 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18642 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 18313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18436 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18380 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2007-2280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• GLSA-200601-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 18335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18407 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18517 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18534 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2006-045-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• xpdf-ccittfaxdecode-dctdecode-dos(24023) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 18908 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00011.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18414 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 18338 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0160 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• DSA-940 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-0047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• GLSA-200601-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 18389 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2006-045-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 19377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2005-025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FLSA:175404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-961 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-938 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18334 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-950 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 18385 (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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:17 UTC.