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CVE-2005-3628 json

Buffer overflow in the JBIG2Bitmap::JBIG2Bitmap function in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, popp…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3625

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the JBIG2Bitmap::JBIG2Bitmap function in JBIG2Stream.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 unknown attack vectors.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3628

  • 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-2005-3628 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

4.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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