CVE-2005-3627
EPSS 4.3%
Description
Stream.cc in Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to modify memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCTDecode stream with (1) a large "number of components" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readBaselineSOF or DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF, (2) a large "Huffman table index" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readHuffmanTables, and (3) certain uses of the scanInfo.numComps value by DCTStream::readScanInfo.
How to fix CVE-2005-3627
To remediate CVE-2005-3627, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cups—upgrade to 1.1.22-7 or later
- —upgrade to 0.5.9-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.4.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.01-4 or later
Is CVE-2005-3627 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.1.22-7
- from 0, < 0.5.9-1
- from 0, < 0.4.4-1
- from 0, < 3.01-4