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Xpdf PDF Splash Image Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA18677
Release Date: 2006-02-01
Last Update: 2006-02-09
Popularity: 10,151 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Xpdf 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Dirk Mueller has reported a vulnerability in Xpdf, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the splash rasterizer engine when handling PDF splash images with overly large dimensions. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.01. Other versions may also be affected.

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