Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2024-7868

In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), invalid header info in a DCT (JPEG) stream can lead to an uninitialized variable in the DCT decoder. The proof-of-concept PDF file causes a segfault attempting to read from an invalid address.

Published

2024-08-15T21:15:18.530

Last Modified

2025-10-06T23:15:33.393

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.2 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-457
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-908
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application xpdfreader xpdf < 4.06 Yes
References