CVE-2024-7868

2.1 lowEPSS 0.4%

Low (2.1) in xpdfreader xpdf. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), invalid header info in a DCT (JPEG) stream can lead to an uninitialized variable in the DCT decoder. The proof-of-concept PDF file causes a segfault attempting to read from an invalid address.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

2.1 low

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

CVSS 3.1

8.2 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-908, CWE-457
Published: 2024-08-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

xpdfreader:xpdf

References

https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2024-7868.html

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