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CVE-2005-2097 Details

Description

xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17277	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21339	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25729	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280	CVE
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17277	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21339	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25729	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
kde kpdf	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:kde:kpdf:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
xpdf xpdf	3.0 3.0_pl2 3.0_pl3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0_pl2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0_pl3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]