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CVE-2010-0207

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0207 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in xpdf and xpdf-based PDF viewers, including those in Debian Linux. A remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop in the xref table of a malicious PDF, causing the application to crash. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (opening a crafted PDF) and has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.03-17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:3.03-17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.04-4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:3.04-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.04-13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:3.04-13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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-2010-0207

xpdf: XRef table parsing infinite loop

May 19, 2010

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2010-0207
Third Party Advisory