CVE-2009-3604
HIGHEPSS 94th pctlDescription
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.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.
References
- cgit.freedesktop.org
- cgit.freedesktop.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- securitytracker.com
- sunsolve.sun.com
- sunsolve.sun.com
- debian.org
- debian.org
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- ubuntu.com
- ubuntu.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- oval.cisecurity.org
- rhn.redhat.com
- rhn.redhat.com
- rhn.redhat.com
- rhn.redhat.com
- rhn.redhat.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-3103 | High | 10.0 | 90% | - | - |
| CVE-2009-0075 | High | 9.3 | 85% | - | - |
| CVE-2005-1790 | Low | 2.6 | 83% | - | - |
| CVE-2010-0806 | High | 8.8 | 82% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2009-2526 | High | 7.8 | 82% | - | - |
| CVE-2015-1868 | High | 7.8 | 82% | - | Fix |
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