CVE-2025-2574 (GCVE-0-2025-2574)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-20 21:07 – Updated: 2025-10-06 22:32
VLAI
Title
Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 due to incorrect integer overflow checking
Summary
Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier, due to incorrect integer overflow checking in the PostScript function interpreter code.
Severity
2.1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-21 15:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Xpdf Xpdf Affected: Version , ≤ 4.05 (version)
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Credits
Erik Viken
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