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CVE-2009-3603

Published: Oct 21, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-189
9.3CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
8.6%
Top 5.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
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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