Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-7868 - Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf

CVSS 8.2 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

LOW

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

xpdfreader

CWE-908

NVD

Published: 2024-08-15

Updated: 2024-09-11

Summary

In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), invalid header info in a DCT (JPEG) stream can lead to an uninitialized variable in the DCT decoder. The proof-of-concept PDF file causes a segfault attempting to read from an invalid address.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Xpdfreader Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.2 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.3 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.4 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.5 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.6 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.7 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.7A Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.80 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.90 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.91 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.91A Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.91B Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.91C Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.92 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.92A Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.92B Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.92C Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.92D Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.92E Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.93 Xpdfreader Xpdf 0.93A Xpdfreader Xpdf 1.00 Xpdfreader Xpdf 1.01 Xpdfreader Xpdf 2.00 Xpdfreader Xpdf 2.01 Xpdfreader Xpdf 2.02 Xpdfreader Xpdf 2.03 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.00 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.01 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.02 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.03 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.03-17 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.04 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.04-4 Xpdfreader Xpdf 3.04-13 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.00 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.0.0 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.0.1 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.0.2 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.01 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.01.01 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.02 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.03 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.04 Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.05	57

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2024-7868.html