CVE-2024-4568 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Xpdfreader	Xpdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4568
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4568
https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/object-loops.html

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4568

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4568

Thu, 22 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	threat_severity `Low`

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Xpdfreader Xpdfreader xpdf
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf::::::::
Vendors & Products		Xpdfreader Xpdfreader xpdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GandC

Published: 2024-05-06T19:56:15.633Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:40.665Z

Reserved: 2024-05-06T19:48:33.775Z

Link: CVE-2024-4568

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:40.665Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-06T20:15:12.203

Modified: 2025-01-29T16:12:47.597

Link: CVE-2024-4568

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-4568 - Bugzilla

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