Bug 2279470 (CVE-2024-4568) - CVE-2024-4568 xpdf: loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion
Summary: CVE-2024-4568 xpdf: loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-4568
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2279471 2279472 2279473
Blocks: 2279474
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Reported: 2024-05-07 06:15 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2024-05-14 20:33 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: xpdf 4.06
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A flaw was found in Xpdf. A PDF object loop in the PDF resources can lead to infinite recursion and a stack overflow, resulting in an application crash.
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Description Rohit Keshri 2024-05-07 06:15:32 UTC 
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/object-loops.html
Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2024-05-07 06:17:13 UTC 
Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2279471]
Affects: epel-8 [bug 2279472]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2279473]
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