CVE-2009-4117
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in pdf_shade4.c in MuPDF before commit 20091125231942, as used in SumatraPDF before 1.0.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a /Decode array for certain types of shading that are not properly handled by the (1) pdf_loadtype4shade, (2) pdf_loadtype5shade, (3) pdf_loadtype6shade, and (4) pdf_loadtype7shade functions. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4088)
- Published
- December 1, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4088 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
- sumatrapdfreader / sumatrapdf
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0330.html(Exploit)
- http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/news.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37494(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37513(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3355(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708030
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=a21cc1548993c392e474817bb3d656eb3730d88f
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=cf6860c3d70a2f7a63cdb621cc3b58c891915deb
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54441
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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