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medium 5.1

CVE-2005-3193 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and earlier…

published 2005-12-07 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3192

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) Poppler, (2) teTeX, (3) KDE kpdf, (4) CUPS, and (5) libextractor allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with large size values that cause insufficient memory to be allocated.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.23-13
  • xpdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.01-3
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.2-1.1
  • libextractor Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.5.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3193

  • tetex RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.9
  • tetex RHEL 4 2.0.2-22.EL4.7
  • tetex-afm RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.9
  • tetex-afm RHEL 4 2.0.2-22.EL4.7
  • tetex-xdvi RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.9
  • tetex-xdvi RHEL 4 2.0.2-22.EL4.7
  • tetex-dvips RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.9
  • tetex-dvips RHEL 4 2.0.2-22.EL4.7

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0160RHSA-2005:878RHSA-2005:868RHSA-2005:867RHSA-2005:840

  • cups openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.3.3op2-4.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1

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-2005-3193 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 xpdf 2.02-9.8, tetex 1.0.7-67.9, cups 1.1.17-13.3.34, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 xpdf 2.02-9.8, tetex 1.0.7-67.9, cups 1.1.17-13.3.34, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.3, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.9, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.3, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.9, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 xpdf 2.02-9.8, tetex 1.0.7-67.9, cups 1.1.17-13.3.34, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.3, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.9, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, +5 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 xpdf 2.02-9.8, tetex 1.0.7-67.9, cups 1.1.17-13.3.34, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.9, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.3, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.9, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:878

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Exploit prediction

4.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.