CVE-2025-11896 (GCVE-0-2025-11896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-16 21:59
Modified
2025-10-16 21:59
CWE
Summary
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in a CMap, via the "UseCMap" entry, leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Xpdf Xpdf Version: 0
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