Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and…

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and kdegraphics KPDF, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly related to (1) Decrypt.cxx, (2) FoFiTrueType.cxx, (3) gmem.c, (4) JBIG2Stream.cxx, and (5) PSOutputDev.cxx in pdftops/. NOTE: the JBIG2Stream.cxx vector may overlap CVE-2009-1179.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.5% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• 1022326 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10534 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 35195 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 37028 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35340 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 37079 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 37077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• cups-pdftops-filter-bo(50941) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 37037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1500 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35685 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 37043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:334 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:48 UTC.