PT-2024-31726 · Xpdf+1 · Xpdf+1

Ximing Fan · Published 2024-05-06 · Updated 2025-12-22 · CVE-2024-4568

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Xpdf versions 4.05 and earlier

Description: A PDF object loop in the PDF resources leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

Recommendations: For Xpdf versions 4.05 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the processing of PDF object loops until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Recursion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-16036

CVE-2024-4568

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Xpdf

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4568 · Security Note
• https://xpdfreader.com/security-bug/object-loops.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4568 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-4568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-4568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/79400 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/79324 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1787614907149537584 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1787888435828547892 · Twitter Post