CVE-2011-2902: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

zxpdf in xpdf before 3.02-19 as packaged in Debian unstable and 3.02-12+squeeze1 as packaged in Debian squeeze deletes temporary files insecurely, which allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted .pdf.gz file name.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Glyphandcog Xpdf: before 3.02-19 (fixed in 3.02-19)

Published 2018-01-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.