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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 8.70%

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.