Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2024 · Assigned by GandC

CVE-2024-7866Stack overflow in Xpdf 4.05 due to object loop in PDF pattern

Low 2.1

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in Xpdf from Xpdf. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)2.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in a pattern resource leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:25.10ipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:26.10ipeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSxpdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSxpdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:25.10xpdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSxpdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866
Ubuntu:26.10xpdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-7866

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Xpdf Xpdf 0 – through 4.05

Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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