CVE-2005-2097
Xpdf/KPDF "loca" Table Denial of Service
Description
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 16, 2005, 4 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 20, 2024, 11:58 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 20, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17277 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18398 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18407 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21339 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25729 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-163-1 [Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10280 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2005
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-2097 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2097
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} -0.00%
score
0.28433
percentile