CVE-2024-4568 json
Stack overflow in Xpdf 4.05 due to object loop in PDF resources
published 2024-05-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44180
- cvss
- 2.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.
Patch / fix
- xpdfreader xpdf 4.06
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2024-4568 updated cvss 5.5
xpdf: loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 xpdfaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 2.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Xpdf Xpdf
- glyphandcog xpdf
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
References
-
xpdfreader.com
/security-bug/object-loops.html
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-4568
- NVD CVE-2024-4568
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.