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CVE-2005-3625

Published: Jan 6, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
3.8%
Top 11.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
cupseasy software products
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
kdegraphicskde
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
kofficekde
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems
easy software productscommercialOperating Systemsaka easy software
kdeoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka kde community
and 30 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

Exploit details including PoC links, Metasploit modules, and scanner templates are available after registration.

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Official Patch Available

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143
securityfocus.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932
debian.org
and 83 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 6, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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