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CVE-2024-3248

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-3248 describes a stack overflow vulnerability in Xpdf versions 4.05 and earlier, caused by an infinite recursion when processing a specially crafted PDF with an object loop in its attachments. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with the potential for high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, <= 4.05CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.9LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-3248Low

xpdf: stack overflow via pdftpng

Apr 2, 2024

References

forum.xpdfreader.com / viewtopic.php
ExploitVendor Advisory