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CVE-2025-3154 (GCVE-0-2025-3154)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-02 22:18 – Updated: 2025-04-03 19:15
VLAI
Title
Out-of-bounds array write due to invalid VerticesPerRow in Xpdf 4.05
Summary
Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier, triggered by an invalid VerticesPerRow value in a PDF shading dictionary.
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:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-03 19:14 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Xpdf Xpdf Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.05 (version)
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Credits
Erik Viken
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