CVE-2024-7868lowCWE-457

CVE-2024-7868: low-severity vulnerability in Xpdf

Uninitialized variable in Xpdf 4.05 due to invalid JPEG header

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No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 2.1epss 0.4%
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), invalid header info in a DCT (JPEG) stream can lead to an uninitialized variable in the DCT decoder. The proof-of-concept PDF file causes a segfault attempting to read from an invalid address.
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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Xpdf · Xpdf
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