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CVE-2024-3900

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-3900 is an out-of-bounds array write vulnerability affecting Xpdf 4.05 and earlier versions, triggered by a specially crafted long Unicode sequence within the ActualText field of a PDF. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges but no user interaction, and primarily leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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 Patches (1)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: xpdf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-3900Low

xpdf: out-of-bounds array write

Apr 17, 2024

References

xpdfreader.com / security-bug/CVE-2024-3900.html
Vendor Advisory