CVE-2005-3628

Buffer overflow in the JBIG2Bitmap::JBIG2Bitmap function in JBIG2Stream.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 unknown attack vectors.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3628 is rated Moderate Risk (57/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.68%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3628

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 5.31% 2.68% -2.63%
2 2025-03-29 2.68% 5.31% +2.63%
3 2025-03-19 2.68%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3628

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3628

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3628

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-3628 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (cups, libextractor, xpdf), 15 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 15. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3628
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3628: 1 GLSA(s) (200601-02), 4 atom(s) (app-office/koffice, app-office/kword, kde-base/kdegraphics, kde-base/kpdf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3628
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3628
suse high CVE-2005-3628 severity important: SUSE including 25 source package names (cups-2.3.3op2-4.2, cups-2.4.11-160000.2.2, …), 25 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 21, Known Not Affected 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3628/
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3628 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (gpdf, kdegraphics, koffice), 12 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 8, needs-triage 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3628

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-3628

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3628

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xpdf xpdf cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3628

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
http://secunia.com/advisories/18380
http://secunia.com/advisories/18385 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18387 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18389 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18416 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18428
http://secunia.com/advisories/18436
http://secunia.com/advisories/18534 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18582 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18674
http://secunia.com/advisories/18675
http://secunia.com/advisories/18679
http://secunia.com/advisories/18908
http://secunia.com/advisories/18913
http://secunia.com/advisories/19230
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.474747
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-931
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-937
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-938
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-940
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-950 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-961
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:010
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:011
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:012
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10287
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