CVE-2026-85458

Publication date 4 September 2026

Last updated 4 September 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Divide-by-zero in Xpdf 4.06 (and earlier), when a glyph in a Type 3 font has a zero height.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xpdf 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
ipe 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Notes


mdeslaur

In trusty to bionic, xpdf is built with poppler as the backend library, so most xpdf issues don't apply to it. In jammy and later, the xpdf package is actually xpopple, a fork that also builds against poppler.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v4.0

Base score 2.1 · Low

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N


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