Xpdf vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Xpdf is made by Xpdfreader. We track 82 published vulnerabilities in it, across 46 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 3 November 2021. If you run Xpdf, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.
The most recent Xpdf flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-30860, on 3 November 2021. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which versions of Xpdf do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 4.04" means every version up to, but not including, 4.04. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2021-30860Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Vulnerability
before 4.04
Which Xpdf vulnerabilities are being exploited?
1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 7.8Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS CoreGraphics contain an integer overflow vulnerability which may allow code execution when processing a maliciously crafted PDF.
Which Xpdf flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 2.9%CVE-2012-2142High
The error function in Error.cc in poppler before 0.21.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a PDF containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.
- 2.1%CVE-2020-35376High
Xpdf 4.02 allows stack consumption because of an incorrect subroutine reference in a Type 1C font charstring, related to the FoFiType1C::getOp() function.
- 1.6%CVE-2022-30524High
There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mishandles characters at large y coordinates.
- 1.6%CVE-2018-16369Medium
XRef::fetch in XRef.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted pdf file, related to AcroForm::scanField, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.
- 1.3%CVE-2018-11033High
The DCTStream::readHuffSym function in Stream.cc in the DCT decoder in xpdf before 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted...
- 1.2%CVE-2018-18454Medium
CCITTFaxStream::readRow() in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.
- 1.2%CVE-2019-9878High
There is an invalid memory access in the function GfxIndexedColorSpace::mapColorToBase() located in GfxState.cc in Xpdf 4.0.0, as used in pdfalto 0.2.
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1 flaw being exploited affects software Acme tracks
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS CoreGraphics contain an integer overflow vulnerability which may allow code execution when processing a maliciously crafted PDF. The vulnerability is also known under the moniker of FORCEDENTRY.
- Matched to
- Xpdf on Acme's software list
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- Patch first, then check for signs of use
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We track 82 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Xpdf, across 46 versions. The most recent Xpdf flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-30860, on 3 November 2021.
1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2021-30860.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2021-30860, affects before 4.04. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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