There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. It can be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to (for example) the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Weakness
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xpdf | Xpdfreader | 4.04 (including) | 4.04 (including) |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Ipe | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Xpdf | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Xpdf | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3\u0026t=42320
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3\u0026t=42320