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MEDIUM

security flaw

Published Dec 7, 2005

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) Poppler, (2) teTeX, (3) KDE kpdf, (4) CUPS, and (5) libextractor allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with large size values that cause insufficient memory to be allocated.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 7, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 14, 2005
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Dec 6, 2005