Out-of-bounds write in xpdf - CVE-2024-4141

 

Out-of-bounds write in xpdf - CVE-2024-4141

Published: June 13, 2024 / Updated: November 26, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92076
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4141
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Type 1 fonts. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

xpdf
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Package Hub 15
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
libpoppler44-debuginfo
libpoppler44
libpoppler-cpp0
libpoppler-devel
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler60
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4
poppler-tools
libpoppler60-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-devel
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
poppler-debugsource
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler89-debuginfo
libpoppler89
poppler-cpp
poppler-cpp-devel
poppler-qt5-devel
poppler-debuginfo
poppler-devel
poppler-glib
poppler-glib-devel
poppler-qt5
poppler
poppler-help
poppler-glib-doc
poppler-utils
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit
libpoppler117-32bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-32bit
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-64bit
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-64bit
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit
libpoppler-qt5-1
libpoppler117
libpoppler-qt6-devel
poppler-qt6-debugsource
libpoppler-qt6-3
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo
poppler-qt5-debugsource
libpoppler-qt5-devel
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-64bit
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-32bit
libpoppler126-debuginfo
libpoppler126

How to mitigate CVE-2024-4141

Install update from vendor's website.

xpdf - update to 4.06
libpoppler44-debuginfo - update to 0.24.4-14.47.1
libpoppler44 - update to 0.24.4-14.47.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.46.1
libpoppler60 - update to 0.43.0-16.46.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.46.1
poppler-tools - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.46.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.46.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.29.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-glib8 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler89-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.29.1
libpoppler89 - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.29.1
poppler-cpp - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-cpp-devel - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-qt5-devel - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-debuginfo - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-debugsource - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-devel - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-glib - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-glib-devel - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-qt5 - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-help - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-glib-doc - update to 0.90.0-9
poppler-utils - update to 0.90.0-9
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler117-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler117-32bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler117-64bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt5-1 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler117 - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1
libpoppler-qt6-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
poppler-qt6-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt6-3 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
poppler-qt5-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt5-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.19.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler126-64bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler126-32bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler126-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1
libpoppler126 - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.8.1

External References

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