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Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1188.

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Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, CUPS pdftops, and teTeX, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

1 / 2
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in the PSOutputDev::doImageL1Sep function in Xpdf before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in kdegraphics KPDF, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow, Null Pointer Dereference, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Adam Zabrocki reported flaws in xpdf's Splash::drawImage function related to buffer memory allocations:

2220 // allocate pixel buffers 2221 colorBuf = (SplashColorPtr)gmalloc((yp + 1) w nComps); 2222 if (srcAlpha) { 2223 alphaBuf = (Guchar )gmalloc((yp + 1) w); 2224 } else { 2225 alphaBuf = NULL; 2226 }

Values used to compute argument passed to gmalloc come from input PDF file. Properly chosen values will cause gmalloc to return NULL or buffer of insufficient size, leading to NULL pointer dereference or heap buffer overflow later.

Affected Splash output device is not available in xpdf 2.x versions and earlier. It is also not used in xpdf embedded in CUPS or tetex.

This was already fixed in poppler as part of preventive gmalloc -> gmallocn changes: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb2

This fix is also present in the EL5 poppler packages.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting this issue.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

There is a stack consumption issue in md5Round1() located in Decrypt.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to Catalog::countPageTree.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

There is an Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement() located at GMutex.h in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a stack-based buffer under-read could be triggered in IdentityFunction::transform in Function.cc, used by GfxAxialShading::getColor. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftoppm tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted PDF file to cause Denial of Service or possibly unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Integer Overflow
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an Integer overflow in the function JBIG2Bitmap::combine at JBIG2Stream.cc for the "one byte per line" case.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer overflow could be triggered in DCTStream::decodeImage() in Stream.cc when writing to frameBuf memory. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftotext tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service, an information leak, or possibly unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in SampledFunction::transform in Function.cc when using a large index for samples. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftotext tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a buffer over-read could be triggered in FoFiType1C::convertToType1 in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc when the index number is larger than the charset array bounds. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Xpdf 4.01.01, a heap-based buffer over-read could be triggered in strncpy from FoFiType1::parse in fofi/FoFiType1.cc because it does not ensure the source string has a valid length before making a fixed-length copy. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftotext tool. It allows an attacker to use a crafted pdf file to cause Denial of Service or an information leak, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Use After Free
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Xpdf 4.01.01, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in the function JBIG2Stream::close() located at JBIG2Stream.cc. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftoppm tool.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Integer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Xpdf prior to 4.04 lacked an integer overflow check in JPXStream.cc.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in xpdf's JBIG2 MMR decoder. A carefully crafted PDF file could result in arbitrary code execute with the permissions of the user running xpdf.

Will Dormann of the CERT/CC created the extensive testsuite for the JBIG2 decoder in various PDF libraries that found this flaw.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Will Dormann of the CERT/CC for responsibly reporting these flaws.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

xpdfreader 4.03 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

A stack-based buffer over-read exists in FoFiTrueType::dumpString in fofi/FoFiTrueType.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending crafted TrueType data in a PDF document to the pdftops tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service or leak memory data into dump content.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

A stack-based buffer over-read exists in PostScriptFunction::transform in Function.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01 because GfxSeparationColorSpace and GfxDeviceNColorSpace mishandle tint transform functions. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftops tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service or leak memory data.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

There is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function FlateStream::getChar() located at Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.01.01. It can, for example, be triggered by sending a crafted PDF document to the pdftoppm tool. It might allow an attacker to cause Information Disclosure or a denial of service.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.9
Code Injection
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory, related to an unset SYSTEMXPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that uses the poppler library.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier, as used in Xpdf before 3.02pl6, teTeX, and other products, uses an invalid pointer in conjunction with a dereference operation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Type 1 font in a PDF document, as demonstrated by testz.2184122398.pdf.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

An integer overflow flaw was found in xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. This flaw could result in arbitrary code execute with the permissions of the user running xpdf.

Will Dormann of the CERT/CC created the extensive testsuite for the JBIG2 decoder in various PDF libraries that found this flaw.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Will Dormann of the CERT/CC for responsibly reporting this flaw.

1 / 2
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

An invalid free() flaw was found in xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. If a malicious PDF file could free() attacker controlled data, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running xpdf.

Will Dormann of the CERT/CC created the extensive testsuite for the JBIG2 decoder in various PDF libraries that found this flaw.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Will Dormann of the CERT/CC for responsibly reporting this flaw.

1 / 2
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Catalog.cc in Xpdf 4.02 has a NULL pointer dereference because Catalog.pageLabels is initialized too late in the Catalog constructor.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Xpdf 3.04 has a SIGSEGV in XRef::fetch in XRef.cc after many recursive calls to Catalog::countPageTree in Catalog.cc.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Xpdf 2.00 allows a SIGSEGV in XRef::constructXRef in XRef.cc. NOTE: 2.00 is a version from November 2002.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an out of bounds read in the function GfxPatchMeshShading::parse at GfxState.cc for typeA!=6 case 1.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an out of bounds read in the function GfxPatchMeshShading::parse at GfxState.cc for typeA==6 case 3.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an out of bounds read in the function GfxPatchMeshShading::parse at GfxState.cc for typeA!=6 case 2.

First published (updated )

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