CVE-2025-11896 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2025-11896

Stack overflow in Xpdf 4.05 due to object loop in PDF CMap

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • landw (GitHub: Landw-hub)

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Xpdf
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 16th, 2025
Last Modified: October 17th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.