Vulnerability in Foolabs Xpdf
CVE-2009-3604
The Splash::drawImage function in Splash.cc in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in GPdf and kdegraphics KPDF, does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.087 (95.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.087 · newest: 0.087 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Foolabs Xpdf — versions 3.02pl1, 3.02pl2, 3.02pl3
- Glyphandcog Xpdfreader — versions 2.00, 2.01, 2.02
- GNOME Gpdf
- KDE Kpdf
- Poppler — versions 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/39938 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/37042 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/37028 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html (vendor-advisory)
- site.pi3.com.pl/adv/xpdf.txt (Exploit)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/37079 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3604?
- CVE-2009-3604 is a vulnerability in Foolabs Xpdf, classified under CWE-399. Published 2009-10-21.
- Is CVE-2009-3604 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.