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CVE-2005-2097

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2097 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in xpdf and kpdf, where improper validation of the "loca" table in PDF files can lead to excessive disk consumption and system hangs. This local vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0_pl2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0_pl3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0_pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.31
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xpdf-1:3.00-11.8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.3.1-3.4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gpdf-0:2.8.2-4.4
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debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2097Important

security flaw

Aug 9, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
secunia.com / advisories/17277
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18398
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18407
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21339
secunia.com / advisories/25729
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 163-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-780
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1136
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-936
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/14529
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2280