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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

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 (52)

• 39938 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1941 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:287 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091201 Re: Need more information on recent poppler issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 37028 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1377 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-10823 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://poppler.freedesktop.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
• SUSE-SR:2009:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-2028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-2050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091130 Need more information on recent poppler issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 37159 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37054 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1021706 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-10845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 37114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1023029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 37037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-850-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0802 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• xpdf-objectstream-bo(53794) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1513 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 37034 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091130 Re: Need more information on recent poppler issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 274030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-850-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 37053 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37061 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 39327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9536 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 36703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2925 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:334 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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, 06:31 UTC.