CVE-2009-3607

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3607
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-21 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Poppler Poppler 0.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.1.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.1.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.4 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.5 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.6 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.7 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.11.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.11.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.11.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.11.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.12.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.2.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.3.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.3.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.3.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.3.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.4.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.4.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.4.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.4.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.4.4 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.4 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.9 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.90 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.5.91 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.6.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.6.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.6.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.6.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.6.4 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.7.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.7.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.7.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.7.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.3 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.4 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.5 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.6 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.8.7 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.9.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.9.1 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.9.2 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.9.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: poppler-0.10.7-3.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1941-1 poppler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
poppler/poppler - The poppler pdf rendering library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org
oss-security - Need more information on recent poppler issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Ubuntu update for poppler - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-850-3: poppler vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: poppler-0.8.7-7.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: Need more information on recent poppler issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Need more information on recent poppler issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:175 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Poppler Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 526924 – CVE-2009-3607 poppler: create_surface_from_thumbnail_data integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-850-1: poppler vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Poppler 'create_surface_from_thumbnail_data()' Integer Overflow Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for poppler - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2009-3607 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-10-23Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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