CVE-2005-3625

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18303
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18312
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18313
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18329
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18332
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18334
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18335
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18338
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18349
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18373
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18375
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18380
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18385
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18387
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18389
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18414
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18416
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18423
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18425
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18428
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18436
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18448
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18463
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18534
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18554
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18582
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18642
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18644
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18674
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18675
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18679
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18908
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18913
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19230
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19377
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25729
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-950
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-961
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/236-1/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18303
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18312
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18313
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18329
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18332
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18334
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18335
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18349
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18373
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18375
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18380
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18385
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18387
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18389
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18414
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18416
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18423
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18425
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18428
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18436
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18448
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18463
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18534
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18554
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18582
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18642
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18644
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18674
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18675
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18679
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18908
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18913
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/19230
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/19377
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25729
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-931
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-937
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-938
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-940
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-950
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-961
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-17.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:003
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:004
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:006
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:008
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:010
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:012
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0163.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0047
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/236-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

170 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
11.3%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

libextractor debian suse tetex mandrakesoft poppler kde redhat ubuntu easy_software_products +8 more