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critical 10.0

CVE-2005-3625 json

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3622

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.22-7
  • xpdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.01-4
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.4-1
  • libextractor Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.5.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3625

  • gpdf RHEL 4 2.8.2-7.4
  • cups RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.36
  • cups RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.10
  • cups-libs RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.36
  • cups-libs RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.10
  • 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

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0177RHSA-2006:0163RHSA-2006:0160RHSA-2005:868RHSA-2005:840

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-2005-3625 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 xpdf 2.02-9.8, tetex 1.0.7-67.9, cups 1.1.17-13.3.36, 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 1.1.17-13.3.36, 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 2.8.2-7.4, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.10, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.4, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.10, 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 1.1.17-13.3.36, 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 2.8.2-7.4, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.10, 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 1.1.17-13.3.36, 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 2.8.2-7.4, xpdf 3.00-11.10, tetex 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, kdegraphics 3.3.1-3.6, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.10, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.EL4.7, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0163

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Exploit prediction

3.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • scary.beasts.org http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Fix old broken CPEs.