5.5

CVE-2024-4141: xpdf Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesMGASA-2024-0218SUSE-SU-2024:1899-1SUSE-SU-2024:1900-1
Published 24-04-2024Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-4141 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in xpdf. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-04-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier, triggered by an invalid character code in a Type 1 font. The root problem was a bounds check that was being optimized away by modern compilers.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse11 products
  • poppler-qt5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5< 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
  • poppler-qt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 0.43.0-16.46.1
  • poppler-qt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5< 0.43.0-16.46.1
  • poppler-qt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5< 0.43.0-16.46.1
  • poppler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5< 0.79.0-150200.3.29.1 | < 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
Opensuse3 products
  • poppler-qt5&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
  • poppler-qt6&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
  • poppler&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • ipeAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • xpdfAll versions (No fix recorded)
Mageia1 product
  • poppler< 23.02.0-1.2.mga9
Xpdf1 product
Xpdfreader1 product

6 vendors · 19 products

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