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CVE-2025-3154· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GandC

Out-of-bounds array write due to invalid VerticesPerRow in Xpdf 4.05

Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier, triggered by an invalid VerticesPerRow value in a PDF shading dictionary.

LowCVSS 2.1 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 2, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 5th percentile
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Action score

8

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GandC
2.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GandC). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Xpdf Xpdf

    • up to and including 4.05affected · version

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5popplerbefore 0.43.0-16.67.10.43.0-16.67.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5poppler-qtbefore 0.43.0-16.67.10.43.0-16.67.1

Same product

xpdf: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2004-0889Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as CUPS, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of serv
    42Plan
  • CVE-2007-5393Heap-based buffer overflow in the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar method in xpdf/Stream.cc in Xpdf 3.02p11 allows remote attackers to execute arbit
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2007-5392Integer overflow in the DCTStream::reset method in xpdf/Stream.cc in Xpdf 3.02p11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a cr
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1125Buffer overflow in the Gfx::doImage function in Gfx.cc for xpdf 3.00, and other products that share code such as tetex-bin and kpdf in KDE 3
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4352Array index error in the DCTStream::readProgressiveDataUnit method in xpdf/Stream.cc in Xpdf 3.02pl1, as used in poppler, teTeX, KDE, KOffic
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2005-3627Stream.cc in Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to mo
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
suse:poppler0.43.0-16.67.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)
suse:poppler-qt0.43.0-16.67.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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