Bug 2272854 (CVE-2024-3248) - CVE-2024-3248 xpdf: stack overflow via pdftpng
Summary: CVE-2024-3248 xpdf: stack overflow via pdftpng
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-3248
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2272855 2272856
Blocks: 2272850
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-04-03 01:18 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-04-19 07:28 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in the 'pdftopng' component of Xpdf. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a stack overflow condition using specially crafted input, possibly leading to an application crash.
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Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 01:18:11 UTC 
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the attachments leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

References:
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?t=43657
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 01:19:16 UTC 
Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2272855]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2272856]
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