CVE-2009-0791
Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and kdegraphics KPDF, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly related to (1) Decrypt.cxx, (2) FoFiTrueType.cxx, (3) gmem.c, (4) JBIG2Stream.cxx, and (5) PSOutputDev.cxx in pdftops/. NOTE: the JBIG2Stream.cxx vector may overlap CVE-2009-1179.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0789)
- Published
- June 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0789 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / cups
- apple / cups
- apple / cups
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35340(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37037
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37077
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37079
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022326
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35195
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1488(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50941
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10534
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1500.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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