Vulnerability CVE-2024-7868


Published: 2024-08-15

Description:
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), invalid header info in a DCT (JPEG) stream can lead to an uninitialized variable in the DCT decoder. The proof-of-concept PDF file causes a segfault attempting to read from an invalid address.

 References:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2024-7868.html

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