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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.101 (95.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 95th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.101 · newest: 0.101 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Poppler — versions 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33853 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1 (mailing-list)
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
- secunia.com/advisories/35685 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
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.