# CVE-2005-3625: Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-01-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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."

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18349
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9575
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18679
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18312
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18644
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/236-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18373
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18303
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-931
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18554
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:003
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19230
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:012
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00010.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0163.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-937

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