CVE-2009-3603

Published: Oct 21, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-189

9.3CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attackers to 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. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1188.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

foolabs

commercialaka xpdf

xpdfLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

glyphandcog

commercialaka xpdfreader, xpdf

xpdfreaderMixed

Consumer Software / file-utility

poppler

oss-projectaka poppler-utils

popplerLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39938

secunia.com

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1504.html

rhn.redhat.com

ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch

ftp.foolabs.com

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