Bug 2272851 (CVE-2024-3247)

Summary:	CVE-2024-3247 xpdf: stack-overflow in pdftotext
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Bug Depends On:	2272852, 2272853
Bug Blocks:	2272850

Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 01:00:32 UTC

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

References:
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?t=43597

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 01:12:28 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2272852]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2272853]