Vulnerability in Poppler

CVE-2009-0756

The JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers a parsing error, which is not properly handled by JBIG2SymbolDict::~JBIG2SymbolDict and triggers an invalid memory dereference.

EPSS: 0.101 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Poppler — versions 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0756?
CVE-2009-0756 is a vulnerability in Poppler. Published 2009-03-03.
Is CVE-2009-0756 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.