CVE-2005-3625
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2005-3622)
- Published
- December 31, 2005
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2005-3622 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- conectiva / linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- gentoo / linux
- kde / kdegraphics
- kde / kdegraphics
- kde / koffice
- kde / koffice
- kde / koffice
- kde / kpdf
- kde / kpdf
- kde / kword
- libextractor / libextractor
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
and 77 more…
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL 1 Cryptographic Module - SUSE LLC - FIPS 140 5238 - active
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18303(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18312(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18313(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18329(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18332(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18334(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18335(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18338(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18349(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18373
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18375(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18380
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18385(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18387(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18389(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18398(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18407(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18414
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18416(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18423(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18428
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18448(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18463
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18534(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18554(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18582(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18642(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18644(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18674(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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