CVE-2009-3608
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 10.2%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, CUPS pdftops, and teTeX, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 10.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3589)
- Published
- October 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3589 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- foolabs / xpdf
- foolabs / xpdf
- foolabs / xpdf
- glyph and cog / pdftops
- glyphandcog / xpdfreader
- glyphandcog / xpdfreader
- glyphandcog / xpdfreader
- gnome / gpdf
- kde / kpdf
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
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- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
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- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
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- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
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- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
and 12 more…
References
- ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://poppler.freedesktop.org/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37028(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37034(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37037(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37043(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37051(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37053(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37054(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37061(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37077(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37079(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39938
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029(Patch)
- 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.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-016.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2926(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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