CVE-2005-3193

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    CVE-2005-3193

    Published: 7 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) Poppler, (2) teTeX, (3) KDE kpdf, (4) CUPS, and (5) libextractor allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with large size values that cause insufficient memory to be allocated.

    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/17912, http://secunia.com/advisories/17916, http://secunia.com/advisories/17920, http://secunia.com/advisories/17926, http://secunia.com/advisories/17929, http://secunia.com/advisories/17940, http://secunia.com/advisories/17955, http://secunia.com/advisories/17956, http://secunia.com/advisories/17959, 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/18448, http://secunia.com/advisories/18517, http://secunia.com/advisories/18520, http://secunia.com/advisories/18534, 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/19125, 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=345&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true, 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.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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2787, 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=345&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true, 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://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/236, 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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-02.xml, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00014.html, 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/msg00022.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/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00073.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00043.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/15721, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0072/, http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-227-1, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23441, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1609, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11440

    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