CVE-2005-0064: Xpdf

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function in Decrypt.cc for xpdf 3.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a large /Encrypt /Length keyLength value.

Affected products

• Xpdf Xpdf: version 0.2 only; version 0.3 only; version 0.4 only; version 0.5 only; version 0.5a only; version 0.6 only; …

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.