PT-2009-5885 · Poppler · Poppler

Marc Deslauriers · Published 2009-11-02 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2009-3605

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Poppler versions 0.10.5 and earlier

Description The issue is related to multiple integer overflows that can be triggered by a crafted PDF file, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly the execution of arbitrary code. The overflows are associated with several files in the poppler and splash directories, including glib/poppler-page.cc, ArthurOutputDev.cc, CairoOutputDev.cc, GfxState.cc, JBIG2Stream.cc, PSOutputDev.cc, SplashOutputDev.cc, SplashBitmap.cc, Splash.cc, and SplashFTFont.cc.

Recommendations For Poppler versions 0.10.5 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk, as no specific fix is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3605

DSA-1941-1

Affected Products

Poppler

References · 19

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3605 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37114 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3605 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7731 · Note
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.8.7-1ubuntu0.4.diff.gz · Note
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4.diff.gz · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-3605 · Note