CVE-2025-11896
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Publication date: 2025-10-16

Last updated on: 2025-10-21

Assigner: Glyph & Cog, LLC

Description
In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in a CMap, via the "UseCMap" entry, leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.
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Published
2025-10-16
Last Modified
2025-10-21
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-17
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
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CVE-2025-11896
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xpdf xpdf 4.0
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CWE ID Description
CWE-674 The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
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Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can cause a stack overflow due to infinite recursion, which may lead to application crashes or denial of service when processing crafted PDF files.

Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Xpdf 4.05 and earlier involves a PDF object loop in a CMap through the "UseCMap" entry, which causes infinite recursion and results in a stack overflow.

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