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CVE-2009-3604

Published: Oct 21, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
8.7%
Top 5.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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 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-399

Affected Products

xpdffoolabs
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
xpdfreaderglyphandcog
Mixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
popplerpoppler
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
foolabscommercialOSS Librariesaka xpdf
glyphandcogcommercialConsumer Softwareaka xpdfreader, xpdf
poppleross-projectOSS Librariesaka poppler-utils
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch
ftp.foolabs.com
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb2
cgit.freedesktop.org
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/diff/?id=284a928996&id2=75c3466ba2
cgit.freedesktop.org
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Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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