CVE-2024-7868

Name	CVE-2024-7868
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
xpdf (PTS)	bullseye	3.04+git20210103-3	fixed
	bookworm	3.04+git20220601-1	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	3.04+git20250304-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
xpdf	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- xpdf <not-affected> (Debian uses poppler)