cve/2024/CVE-2024-7868.md

### [CVE-2024-7868](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7868)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Xpdf&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%3D%204.05%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-908%20Use%20of%20Uninitialized%20Resource&color=brighgreen)

### Description

In Xpdf 4.05 (and earlier), invalid header info in a DCT (JPEG) stream can lead to an uninitialized variable in the DCT decoder. The proof-of-concept PDF file causes a segfault attempting to read from an invalid address.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2024-7868.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.