CVE-2009-3608
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, CUPS pdftops, and teTeX, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37037
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37053
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37061
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37077
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37079
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39938
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-016.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2926
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0802
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1220
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526637
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53794
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9536
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1504.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1513.html
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