CVE-2005-3626

Public Exploit

Description

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FlateDecode stream that triggers a null dereference.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.17% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143 vdb entry patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18349 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18147 third party advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt vendor advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt exploit
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18679 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18312 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18644 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/236-1/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18425 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18373 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9992 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/18303 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-931 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18554 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:003 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19230 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:012 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00010.html patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0163.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-937 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/ vendor advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936 patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18329 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18463 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18642 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18674 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:005 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18313 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18448 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18436 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18428 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24026 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18380 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18423 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18416 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280 vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18335 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18332 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18582 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18534 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18908 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00011.html patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/25729 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18414 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:006 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18338 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:008 vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:010 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-940 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:004 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0047 vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-17.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18389 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.474747 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19377 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00030.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-961 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18675 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18913 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-938 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18334 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18375 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-950 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18387 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:011 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18385 third party advisory patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3626?
CVE-2005-3626 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3626?
To fix CVE-2005-3626, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3626 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-3626 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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