CVE-2009-3607

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Poppler: 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.2.0, 0.3.0, 0.3.1 (+49)

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=c839b706
http://secunia.com/advisories/37054
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
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/36718

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