Stream.cc in Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to modify memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCTDecode stream with (1) a large "number of components" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readBaselineSOF or DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF, (2) a large "Huffman table index" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readHuffmanTables, and (3) certain uses of the scanInfo.numComps value by DCTStream::readScanInfo.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3627 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.33%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-03-30 | 8.38% | 4.33% | -4.05% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 4.33% | 8.38% | +4.05% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 4.33% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2005-3627 not yet assigned 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-2005-3627 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2005-3627: 2 GLSA(s) (200601-02, 200601-17), 9 atom(s) (app-office/koffice, app-office/kword, …); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3627 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3627 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2005-3627 severity moderate: SUSE including 15 source package names (cups-2.4.11-160000.2.2, cups-client-2.4.11-160000.2.2, …), 15 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Linux Micro 6.0, SUSE Linux Micro 6.1): Fixed 11, Known Not Affected 4. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3627/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-3627 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (cupsys, gpdf, kdegraphics, koffice, poppler, tetex-bin), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 11, needs-triage 6, not-affected 6, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3627 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.