CVE-2009-3608

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3608
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 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.

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 Foolabs Xpdf 3.02pl1 All All All
Application Foolabs Xpdf 3.02pl2 All All All
Application Foolabs Xpdf 3.02pl3 All All All
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 3.00 All All All
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 3.01 All All All
Application Glyphandcog Xpdfreader 3.02 All All All
Application Glyph And Cog Pdftops All All All All
Application Gnome Gpdf All All All All
Application Kde Kpdf All All All All
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 0.2.0 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 0.6.0 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 0.8.6 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
Application Poppler Poppler All All All All
Application Tetex Tetex All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: poppler-0.10.7-3.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Poppler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 poppler.freedesktop.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1941-1 poppler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Need more information on recent poppler issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CUPS "pdftops" Two Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for poppler - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
KDE KPDF Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for gpdf - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: pdfedit-0.4.3-4.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-850-3: poppler vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian update for kdegraphics - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:287 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.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
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: pdfedit-0.4.3-4.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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
Red Hat update for kdegraphics - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:334 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.foolabs.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Xpdf Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Poppler Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for poppler - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-850-1: poppler vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xpdf Integer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2028-1 xpdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat update for xpdf - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
526637 – (CVE-2009-3608) CVE-2009-3608 xpdf/poppler: integer overflow in ObjectStream::ObjectStream (oCERT-2009-016) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat update for cups - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xpdf Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for xpdf - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: pdfedit-0.4.3-4.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat update for kdegraphics - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2050-1 kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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
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