Infinite Recursion and Stack Overflow in PDF Resources
CVE-2024-4568

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

XPDF

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 May 2024

What is CVE-2024-4568?

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

Affected Version(s)

Xpdf all 0 <= 4.05

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ximing Fan, from School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, China
.