CVE-2005-3193 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function within xpdf 3.01 and earlier, impacting products like Poppler, teTeX, and KDE kpdf. This vulnerability allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a denial of service through heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with large size values. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it has a network attack vector and high access complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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