CVE-2009-3605
Multiple integer overflows in Poppler 0.10.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to (1) glib/poppler-page.cc; (2) ArthurOutputDev.cc, (3) CairoOutputDev.cc, (4) GfxState.cc, (5) JBIG2Stream.cc, (6) PSOutputDev.cc, and (7) SplashOutputDev.cc in poppler/; and (8) SplashBitmap.cc, (9) Splash.cc, and (10) SplashFTFont.cc in splash/. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2009-0791.
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
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3586)
- Published
- November 2, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3586 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- poppler / poppler
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References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=284a92899602daa4a7f429e61849e794569310b5
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=7b2d314a61fd0e12f47c62996cb49ec0d1ba747a
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb22f812b31858e519411f57747d39bd8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37114(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-3605
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4.diff.gz
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.8.7-1ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7731
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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