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CVE-2009-3608

N/A
Published: October 21, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsXpdfreaderPopplerXpdf· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xpdf· Foolabs
95%
3.02pl13.02pl23.02pl3
glyphandcog-pdftops (environment) · gnome-gpdf (environment) · kde-kpdf (environment) · tetex-tetex (environment)
Xpdfreader· Glyphandcog
95%
3.003.013.02
glyphandcog-pdftops (environment) · gnome-gpdf (environment) · kde-kpdf (environment) · tetex-tetex (environment)
Poppler· Poppler
95%
v ≤ 0.12.00.10.1.10.1.20.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.30.10.40.10.50.10.60.10.70.11.00.11.10.11.20.11.30.2.00.3.00.3.10.3.20.3.30.4.00.4.10.4.20.4.30.4.40.5.00.5.10.5.20.5.30.5.40.5.90.6.00.6.10.6.20.6.30.6.40.7.00.7.10.7.20.7.30.8.00.8.10.8.20.8.30.8.40.8.60.8.70.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.3
glyphandcog-pdftops (environment) · gnome-gpdf (environment) · kde-kpdf (environment) · tetex-tetex (environment)
Pdftops· Glyphandcogdevice
80%
All versions

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (53)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37028
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37034

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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