CVE-2024-3900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier, triggered by long Unicode sequence in ActualText.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Xpdfreader	Xpdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-32468	Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier, triggered by long Unicode sequence in ActualText.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3900
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3900
https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2024-3900.html

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3900

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3900

Thu, 22 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	threat_severity `Low`

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Xpdfreader Xpdfreader xpdf
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf::::::::
Vendors & Products		Xpdfreader Xpdfreader xpdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GandC

Published: 2024-04-17T18:41:03.549Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.133Z

Reserved: 2024-04-16T20:04:32.277Z

Link: CVE-2024-3900

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.133Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-17T19:15:08.347

Modified: 2025-01-29T16:16:54.577

Link: CVE-2024-3900

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-3900 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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