CVE-2005-3191

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    CVE-2005-3191

    Published: 7 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF and (2) DCTStream::readBaselineSOF functions in the DCT stream parsing code (Stream.cc) in xpdf 3.01 and earlier, as used in products such as (a) Poppler, (b) teTeX, (c) KDE kpdf, (d) pdftohtml, (e) KOffice KWord, (f) CUPS, and (g) libextractor allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with an out-of-range number of components (numComps), which is used as an array index.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U, ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U, ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-868.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/17897, http://secunia.com/advisories/17908, http://secunia.com/advisories/17912, http://secunia.com/advisories/17916, http://secunia.com/advisories/17920, http://secunia.com/advisories/17921, http://secunia.com/advisories/17926, http://secunia.com/advisories/17929, http://secunia.com/advisories/17940, http://secunia.com/advisories/17955, http://secunia.com/advisories/17976, http://secunia.com/advisories/18009, http://secunia.com/advisories/18055, http://secunia.com/advisories/18061, http://secunia.com/advisories/18147, http://secunia.com/advisories/18189, http://secunia.com/advisories/18191, http://secunia.com/advisories/18192, http://secunia.com/advisories/18303, http://secunia.com/advisories/18313, http://secunia.com/advisories/18336, http://secunia.com/advisories/18349, http://secunia.com/advisories/18380, http://secunia.com/advisories/18385, http://secunia.com/advisories/18387, http://secunia.com/advisories/18389, http://secunia.com/advisories/18398, http://secunia.com/advisories/18407, http://secunia.com/advisories/18416, http://secunia.com/advisories/18428, http://secunia.com/advisories/18436, http://secunia.com/advisories/18448, http://secunia.com/advisories/18503, http://secunia.com/advisories/18517, http://secunia.com/advisories/18534, http://secunia.com/advisories/18549, http://secunia.com/advisories/18554, http://secunia.com/advisories/18582, http://secunia.com/advisories/18674, http://secunia.com/advisories/18675, http://secunia.com/advisories/18679, http://secunia.com/advisories/18908, http://secunia.com/advisories/18913, http://secunia.com/advisories/19230, http://secunia.com/advisories/19377, http://secunia.com/advisories/19797, http://secunia.com/advisories/19798, http://secunia.com/advisories/25729, http://secunia.com/advisories/26413, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-931, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-937, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-938, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-940, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-950, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-961, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=342&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=343&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-1.txt, http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:003, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:004, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:005, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:006, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:008, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:010, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:011, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:012, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-840.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-867.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-878.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2786, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2787, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2788, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2789, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2790, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2856, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=342&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=343&type=vulnerabilities, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.20/SCOSA-2006.20.txt, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.21/SCOSA-2006.21.txt, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=342289, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/233, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/234, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015309, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015324, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.474747, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-08.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00015.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00016.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00036.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00037.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418883/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15726, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15727, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0072/, http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-227-1, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23443, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23444, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1609, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9760

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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