CVE-2005-3627

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    CVE-2005-3627

    Published: 31 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stream.cc in Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to modify memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCTDecode stream with (1) a large "number of components" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readBaselineSOF or DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF, (2) a large "Huffman table index" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readHuffmanTables, and (3) certain uses of the scanInfo.numComps value by DCTStream::readScanInfo.

    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://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html, http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt, http://secunia.com/advisories/18147, http://secunia.com/advisories/18303, http://secunia.com/advisories/18312, http://secunia.com/advisories/18313, http://secunia.com/advisories/18329, http://secunia.com/advisories/18332, http://secunia.com/advisories/18334, http://secunia.com/advisories/18335, http://secunia.com/advisories/18338, http://secunia.com/advisories/18349, http://secunia.com/advisories/18373, http://secunia.com/advisories/18375, 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/18414, http://secunia.com/advisories/18416, http://secunia.com/advisories/18423, http://secunia.com/advisories/18425, http://secunia.com/advisories/18428, http://secunia.com/advisories/18436, http://secunia.com/advisories/18448, http://secunia.com/advisories/18463, http://secunia.com/advisories/18517, http://secunia.com/advisories/18534, http://secunia.com/advisories/18554, http://secunia.com/advisories/18582, http://secunia.com/advisories/18642, http://secunia.com/advisories/18644, 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/25729, 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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml, 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0047, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280, http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/18303, http://secunia.com/advisories/18312, http://secunia.com/advisories/18313, http://secunia.com/advisories/18334, http://secunia.com/advisories/18335, http://secunia.com/advisories/18338, http://secunia.com/advisories/18349, 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/18423, http://secunia.com/advisories/18448, http://secunia.com/advisories/18517, http://secunia.com/advisories/18534, http://secunia.com/advisories/18554, http://secunia.com/advisories/18582, 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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml, http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00010.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00011.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt, 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-200601-17.xml, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00030.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00031.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0163.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24024, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24025, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10200, https://usn.ubuntu.com/236-1/

    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