CVE-2005-2097
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which
02 Description
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which
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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.8% 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
- 2005-08-16 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- b323c621cf119a949c77f40240067a248a815aebf964b13809c0425e275d858a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:706http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html
- secunia.com17277http://secunia.com/advisories/17277
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:671http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10280https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280
- www.debian.orgDSA-1136http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:138http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2005:019http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- sunsolve.sun.com102972http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
- secunia.com18398http://secunia.com/advisories/18398
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA-2006:176751http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-936http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-163-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2280http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:670http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html
- secunia.com18407http://secunia.com/advisories/18407
- secunia.com25729http://secunia.com/advisories/25729
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2005.42ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-780http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780
- www.securityfocus.com14529http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA:175404http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:708http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html
- secunia.com21339http://secunia.com/advisories/21339
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-7
- libextractor Fixed in 0.5.8-1
- poppler Fixed in 0.4.0-1
- xpdf Fixed in 3.00-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-7
- libextractor Fixed in 0.5.8-1
- poppler Fixed in 0.4.0-1
- xpdf Fixed in 3.00-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-7
- libextractor Fixed in 0.5.8-1
- poppler Fixed in 0.4.0-1
- xpdf Fixed in 3.00-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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