CVE-2005-3193
EPSS 3.0%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) Poppler, (2) teTeX, (3) KDE kpdf, (4) CUPS, and (5) libextractor allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with large size values that cause insufficient memory to be allocated.
How to fix CVE-2005-3193
To remediate CVE-2005-3193, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cups—upgrade to 1.1.23-13 or later
- Debian/libextractor—upgrade to 0.5.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.4.2-1.1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.01-3 or later
Is CVE-2005-3193 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.1.23-13
- from 0, < 0.5.8-1
- from 0, < 0.4.2-1.1
- from 0, < 3.01-3