CVE-2005-0064
Buffer overflow in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function in Decrypt.cc for xpdf 3.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a large /Encrypt /Length keyLength
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function in Decrypt.cc for xpdf 3.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a large /Encrypt /Length keyLength
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-01-19 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 11d41222032d59030ff454cdfa71ae727f2139031b889527dabf25b0b83f8ab0
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com17277http://secunia.com/advisories/17277
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11781https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11781
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:066http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-066.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:034http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-034.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:018http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:018
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:017http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:017
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:016http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:016
- www.trustix.org2005-0003http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:2352https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2352
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:2353https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2353
- www.debian.orgDSA-645http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-645
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200502-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-10
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:026http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-026.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:053http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:020http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:020
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200501-28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-28
- www.idefense.com20050118 Multiple Unix/Linux Vendor Xpdf makeFileKey2 Stack Overflowhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=186&type=vulnerabilities
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:059http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-059.html
- marc.info20050119 [USN-64-1] xpdf, CUPS vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110625368019554&w=2
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2005.42ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-648http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-648
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:021http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:021
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2005:921http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000921
- ftp.foolabs.comftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.00pl3.patch
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:019http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:019
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:057http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-057.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-6
- xpdf Fixed in 3.00-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-6
- xpdf Fixed in 3.00-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-6
- xpdf Fixed in 3.00-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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