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CVE-2005-3627 Details

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.

Metrics

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U CVE
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xpdf xpdf
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3627
NVD Published Date:
Dec 31, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2005-3627 Details - Not Deferred