# CVE-2005-3625: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loops in Xpdf-based PDF parsers by providing malformed streams, requiring user interaction to open the file.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3625, GHSA-jm8v-5wvv-cpmw

## What is CVE-2005-3625?

CVE-2005-3625 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 6 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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 (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3625?

It affects 33 products.


Products: Conectiva Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Easy Software Products Cups, Gentoo Linux, Kde Kdegraphics, Kde Koffice, Kde Kpdf, Kde Kword, Libextractor Libextractor, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, Poppler Poppler, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Fedora Core, Redhat Linux, Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation, Sco Openserver, Sgi Propack, Slackware Slackware Linux and 13 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-3625?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2005-3625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Conectiva Linux

- [CVE-2004-0882](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0882/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0902/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0903/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0904](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0904/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0747/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-3625 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-3625 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 6 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Conectiva Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3625/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3625/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3625
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3625
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3625

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3625/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.