CVE-2009-4035

Published: Dec 21, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94

9.3CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in Xpdf 3.0.0, gpdf 2.8.2, kpdf in kdegraphics 3.3.1, and possibly other libraries and versions, does not check the return value of the getNextLine function, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a crafted Type 1 font that can produce a negative value, leading to a signed-to-unsigned integer conversion error and a buffer overflow.

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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-94

Affected Products

kde

oss-project·DEaka kde community

kdegraphicsOn-premLibrary

Operating Systems

kpdfOn-premDesktop App

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

gnome

oss-project·USaka glib, gnome project

gpdfOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

xpdf

commercial

xpdfOn-prem

Consumer Software / file-utility

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

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References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/diff/fofi/FoFiType1.cc?id=4b4fc5c0

cgit.freedesktop.org

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/fofi/FoFiType1.cc?id=4b4fc5c017bf147c9069bbce32fc14467bd2a81a

cgit.freedesktop.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html

lists.opensuse.org

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