CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-2663

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: May 11, 2023 | Modified: Jan 24, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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 In Xpdf 4.04 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the page label tree leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XpdfXpdfreader*4.04 (including)
IpeUbuntubionic*
IpeUbuntufocal*
IpeUbuntukinetic*
IpeUbuntulunar*
IpeUbuntumantic*
IpeUbuntuoracular*
IpeUbuntuplucky*
IpeUbuntutrusty*
IpeUbuntuxenial*
XpdfUbuntubionic*
XpdfUbuntukinetic*
XpdfUbuntulunar*
XpdfUbuntumantic*
XpdfUbuntuoracular*
XpdfUbuntuplucky*
XpdfUbuntutrusty*
XpdfUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References