xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2097 is rated Low Risk (16.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-03-07 | 1.55% | 0.07% | -1.48% |
| 2 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2005-2097 medium priority: Debian including 4 source packages (cups, libextractor, poppler, xpdf), 20 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 20. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2097 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2097 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2097/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2005-2097 low priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (cups, cupsys, gpdf, kdegraphics, poppler, xpdf), 54 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 22, DNE 14, not-affected 11, needs-triage 6, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2097 |