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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.70% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- foolabs/xpdf · glyphandcog/xpdfreader · poppler/poppler
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patchPatch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb2
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/diff/?id=284a928996&id2=75c3466ba2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37023Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37028Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37037Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37042Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37043Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37053Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37077Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37079Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39938
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029
- http://site.pi3.com.pl/adv/xpdf.txtExploit
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:087
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.