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CVE-2005-2097

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2005-08-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.

Affected Platforms

Xpdf XpdfKde Kpdf

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References