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CVE-2005-3193

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and…

Description

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.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. · 54 days later

    Published

  3. · 19 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2005-3193, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References

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Sources

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