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CVE-2005-3625

Published: Jan 6, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.9%
Top 11.2%
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."

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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

turbolinux
commercial·TR
turbolinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
turbolinux appliance serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
turbolinux desktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
turbolinux homeOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
turbolinux multimediaOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
turbolinux personalOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
turbolinux serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
turbolinux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
kde
oss-project·DEaka kde community
kdegraphicsOn-premLibrary
Operating Systems
kofficeOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
kpdfOn-premDesktop App
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
kwordOn-premDesktop App
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux desktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedora coreOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux advanced workstationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mandrakesoft
commercial·FRaka mandriva, mandrakesoft linux
mandrake linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mandrake linux corporate serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
easy software products
commercialaka easy software
cupsMixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-962/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3191
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3193
cve.mitre.org
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