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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-3626 · published 31 December 2005

CVE-2005-3626: Easy software products cups vulnerability

EEasy Software Products · Cups

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FlateDecode stream that triggers a null dereference.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.4% · top 11.7% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
33Affected product versions listed by NVD
170References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FlateDecode stream that triggers a null dereference.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

33 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
http://secunia.com/advisories/18303 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18312 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18313 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18329 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18332 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18334 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18335 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18338 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18349 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18373
http://secunia.com/advisories/18375 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18380
http://secunia.com/advisories/18385 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18387 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18389 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18414
http://secunia.com/advisories/18416 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18423 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18425
http://secunia.com/advisories/18428
http://secunia.com/advisories/18436
http://secunia.com/advisories/18448 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18463
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18534 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18554 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18582 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18642 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18644 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18674 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-3626), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.