An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. An Integer Overflow in XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory. References: https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747
Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: epel-all [bug 1646454] Affects: fedora-all [bug 1646453]
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